Differences in all-cause and death by suicide mortality between health care and other employees in Lithuania: a census-linked mortality follow-up study, 2011–19

Lithuania has one of the highest adult mortality rates in Europe. A study analysing three large groups of healthcare employees, physicians, nurses, and assistant nurses, found no significant differences in all-cause mortality compared to other sectors. However, after controlling for education, physicians became the highest-risk group. Nurses and assistant nurses had the lowest risk, but no significant differences were found. Excess all-cause mortality of physicians after controlling for education is striking and needs to be investigated further. Given the low number of deaths by suicide among healthcare workers, more research is required to obtain more statistically robust inferences.