Exploring the correlation between suicide and homicide rates with percentage of gentrification and by sex

Introduction Gentrification is present around the world. Little of suicide and homicide has been studied in relation to gentrification. The objective of this study was correlate the suicide and homicide rates with the percentage of gentrification by gender and by municipalities of Mexico City. Methods This descriptive and observational study collected data from suicide and homicide of the Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City, Mexico to calculate the suicide and homicide rate in Mexico City, Mexico. The gentrification percent by municipalities of Mexico City were taken from Airbnb platform. Spearman’s correlation and scatterplots were created to show suicide correlation between gentrification percentage and suicide and homicide. Results A significant negative correlation was obtained between gentrification percentage and suicide (r= -0.51, p =0.04). Also, a significant negative correlation was observed between gentrification percentage and suicide in women (r= -0.58, p =0.01). Indicative that in municipalities when the gentrification increases, suicide rate decreases. No correlations were observed between homicide and gentrification percentage by municipalities or by sex. Discussion Our results show that in Mexico City, the gentrification percentage is negatively correlated with suicide rates, but it is not correlated with homicide rates. This suggests that gentrification could be linked to the prevention of suicide especially in women. However, further studies are needed to achieve conclusive results.