Suicide in Brazil, 2004-2010: the importance of small counties Suicidios en el Brasil, 2004-2010: la importancia de los municipios pequeños

OBJECTIVE: To describe suicide rates by county size in the five geopolitical areas of Brazil. METHODS: This was an ecological, descriptive study of suicide deaths in Brazil that occurred among the population 10 years of age and older in 2004-2010. Data were obtained from the National Mortality Infor...

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Main Authors: Letícia Marín-León, Helenice Bosco de Oliveira, Neury José Botega
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Published: Pan American Health Organization 2012
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:65fea0860ad043f1979201d3a8f1846c 2023-05-15T15:17:22+02:00 Suicide in Brazil, 2004-2010: the importance of small counties Suicidios en el Brasil, 2004-2010: la importancia de los municipios pequeños Letícia Marín-León Helenice Bosco de Oliveira Neury José Botega 2012-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/65fea0860ad043f1979201d3a8f1846c EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892012001100005 https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 https://doaj.org/toc/1680-5348 1020-4989 1680-5348 https://doaj.org/article/65fea0860ad043f1979201d3a8f1846c Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 32, Iss 5, Pp 351-359 (2012) Suicidio mortalidad causas externas Brasil Suicide mortality external causes Brazil Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2012 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-31T14:50:45Z OBJECTIVE: To describe suicide rates by county size in the five geopolitical areas of Brazil. METHODS: This was an ecological, descriptive study of suicide deaths in Brazil that occurred among the population 10 years of age and older in 2004-2010. Data were obtained from the National Mortality Information System of Brazil. Counties were defined by size as: very large (200 000+), large (< 200 000-100 000), medium (< 100 000-50 000), small (< 50 000-20 000), very small (< 20 000-10 000, and micro (< 10 000). Age-adjusted suicide rates were calculated for all counties and for population-size groups in each geopolitical area. Rate ratio and 95% confidence interval were used to compare suicide risk between groups and the reference. RESULTS: The national, average suicide mortality rate was 5.7 deaths/100 000 inhabitants. Except in the North and North-East, suicide mortality rates increased from the very large (> 200 000) to the micro counties (< 10 000 population). Very high rates were scattered in the North and Mid-West among the indigenous peoples (> 30 deaths per 100 000). At highest risk were micro counties in the South (13.6 deaths per 100 000), with elderly males (60+ years, 31.4) and males 40-59 years (31.3) being the sex/age group with the highest rates. CONCLUSIONS: To reduce suicide mortality in Brazil, public health authorities must support mental health training in small cities and multi-professional interventions among the indigenous peoples. In addition, the causes behind underreporting of suicide deaths must be resolved in several areas. OBJETIVO: Describir las tasas de suicidio según el tamaño del municipio en las cinco áreas geopolíticas del Brasil. MÉTODOS: Estudio ecológico y descriptivo de las defunciones por suicidio en el Brasil ocurridas en la población de 10 años de edad y mayores en el período del 2004 al 2010. Se obtuvieron datos del Sistema Nacional de Información sobre Mortalidad del Brasil. Los municipios fueron definidos según su tamaño como: muy grandes (200 000 o ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic
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Spanish
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topic Suicidio
mortalidad
causas externas
Brasil
Suicide
mortality
external causes
Brazil
Medicine
R
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
spellingShingle Suicidio
mortalidad
causas externas
Brasil
Suicide
mortality
external causes
Brazil
Medicine
R
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
Letícia Marín-León
Helenice Bosco de Oliveira
Neury José Botega
Suicide in Brazil, 2004-2010: the importance of small counties Suicidios en el Brasil, 2004-2010: la importancia de los municipios pequeños
topic_facet Suicidio
mortalidad
causas externas
Brasil
Suicide
mortality
external causes
Brazil
Medicine
R
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Public aspects of medicine
RA1-1270
description OBJECTIVE: To describe suicide rates by county size in the five geopolitical areas of Brazil. METHODS: This was an ecological, descriptive study of suicide deaths in Brazil that occurred among the population 10 years of age and older in 2004-2010. Data were obtained from the National Mortality Information System of Brazil. Counties were defined by size as: very large (200 000+), large (< 200 000-100 000), medium (< 100 000-50 000), small (< 50 000-20 000), very small (< 20 000-10 000, and micro (< 10 000). Age-adjusted suicide rates were calculated for all counties and for population-size groups in each geopolitical area. Rate ratio and 95% confidence interval were used to compare suicide risk between groups and the reference. RESULTS: The national, average suicide mortality rate was 5.7 deaths/100 000 inhabitants. Except in the North and North-East, suicide mortality rates increased from the very large (> 200 000) to the micro counties (< 10 000 population). Very high rates were scattered in the North and Mid-West among the indigenous peoples (> 30 deaths per 100 000). At highest risk were micro counties in the South (13.6 deaths per 100 000), with elderly males (60+ years, 31.4) and males 40-59 years (31.3) being the sex/age group with the highest rates. CONCLUSIONS: To reduce suicide mortality in Brazil, public health authorities must support mental health training in small cities and multi-professional interventions among the indigenous peoples. In addition, the causes behind underreporting of suicide deaths must be resolved in several areas. OBJETIVO: Describir las tasas de suicidio según el tamaño del municipio en las cinco áreas geopolíticas del Brasil. MÉTODOS: Estudio ecológico y descriptivo de las defunciones por suicidio en el Brasil ocurridas en la población de 10 años de edad y mayores en el período del 2004 al 2010. Se obtuvieron datos del Sistema Nacional de Información sobre Mortalidad del Brasil. Los municipios fueron definidos según su tamaño como: muy grandes (200 000 o ...
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Letícia Marín-León
Helenice Bosco de Oliveira
Neury José Botega
author_facet Letícia Marín-León
Helenice Bosco de Oliveira
Neury José Botega
author_sort Letícia Marín-León
title Suicide in Brazil, 2004-2010: the importance of small counties Suicidios en el Brasil, 2004-2010: la importancia de los municipios pequeños
title_short Suicide in Brazil, 2004-2010: the importance of small counties Suicidios en el Brasil, 2004-2010: la importancia de los municipios pequeños
title_full Suicide in Brazil, 2004-2010: the importance of small counties Suicidios en el Brasil, 2004-2010: la importancia de los municipios pequeños
title_fullStr Suicide in Brazil, 2004-2010: the importance of small counties Suicidios en el Brasil, 2004-2010: la importancia de los municipios pequeños
title_full_unstemmed Suicide in Brazil, 2004-2010: the importance of small counties Suicidios en el Brasil, 2004-2010: la importancia de los municipios pequeños
title_sort suicide in brazil, 2004-2010: the importance of small counties suicidios en el brasil, 2004-2010: la importancia de los municipios pequeños
publisher Pan American Health Organization
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