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El objetivo del estudio fue estimar y analizar la evolución de las tasas de mortalidad por suicidios en el Perú entre los años 2004 y 2013. Se analizaron los registros nacionales de defunciones del Ministerio de Salud del Perú, calculando las tasas regionales de mortalidad por suicidios estandarizadas por edad. Asimismo, se proyectaron geoespacialmente las tasas agrupadas por quinquenios. Se identificaron 3162 casos de suicidios (67,2% hombres), el grupo etario con mayor incidencia fue el de 20 a 29 años (28,7%) y el 49,2% ocurrieron por envenenamiento. La tasa de suicidios pasó de 0,46 (IC 95%: 0,38-0,55) a 1,13 (IC 95%: 1,01-1,25) por 100 000 habitantes en el 2004 y 2013, respectivamente. Las mayores tasas se identificaron en Pasco, Junín, Tacna, Moquegua y Huánuco. El problema de los suicidios en Perú requiere de un abordaje integral que implica no solo identificar zonas con mayor riesgo, sino también estudiar sus factores asociados que podrían explicar la variabilidad regional observada.
The aim of this study was to estimate and analyze the evolution of mortality rates due to suicide in Peru between 2004 and 2013. National death records from the Peruvian Ministry of Health were analyzed, calculating the regional mortality rates due to suicide standardized by age. Similarly, rates grouped in 5-year periods were geospatially projected. There were 3,162 cases of suicide (67.2% men); the age range with the highest incidence was 20 to 29 years (28.7%) and 49.2% were due to poisoning. Suicide rates increased from 0.46 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.38-0.55) to 1.13 (95% CI = 1.01-1.25) per 100,000 people from 2004 to 2013, respectively. The highest rates of suicide were identified in Pasco, Junín, Tacna, Moquegua, and Huánuco. The suicide issue in Peru requires a comprehensive approach that entails not just identifying the areas with the highest risk, but also studying its associated factors that may explain the regional variability observed.
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Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Young Adult , Suicide/statistics & numerical data , Peru/epidemiology , IncidenceABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Suicide is one of important health problems in Korea. Previous studies showed factors associated with suicide in individual levels. However, suicide was influenced by society that individuals belong to, so it was required to analyze suicide in local levels. The purpose of this study was to analyze the regional disparities of suicide mortality by gender and the association between local characteristics and suicide mortality. METHODS: This study included 229 city.county.district administrative districts in Korea. Age- and sex-standardized suicide mortality and age-standardized suicide mortality (male/female) were used as dependent variables. City.county.district types, socio-demographics (number of divorces per 1,000 population, number of marriages per 1,000 population, and single households), financial variable (financial independence), welfare variable (welfare budget), and health behavior/status (perceived health status scores and EuroQol-5 dimension [EQ-5D]) were used to represent the local characteristics. We used hot-spot analysis to identify the spatial patterns of suicide mortality and negative binomial regression analysis to examine factors affecting suicide mortality. RESULTS: There were differences in distribution of suicide mortality and hot-spot regions of suicide mortality by gender. Negative binomial regression analysis provided that city.county.district types (city), number of divorces per 1,000 population, financial independence, and EQ-5D had significant influences on the age- and sex-standardized suicide mortality per 100,000. Factor influencing suicide mortality was the number of divorces per 1,000 population in both male and female. CONCLUSION: Study results provided evidences that suicide mortality among regions was differed by gender. Health policy makers will need to consider gender and local characteristics when making policies for suicides.
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Female , Humans , Male , Divorce , Health Policy , Korea , Marriage , Mortality , Spatial Analysis , SuicideABSTRACT
Se efectuó un estudio descriptivo y transversal de 949 pacientes con conducta suicida, de los cuales fallecieron 126 por esa causa en la provincia de Santiago de Cuba durante el 2010, con un incremento en el citado año y predominio en el municipio de Julio Antonio Mella, a fin de caracterizarles según variables de interés epidemiológico y así determinar la morbilidad y mortalidad atribuibles a ese comportamiento. En la casuística primaron el sexo masculino y el método de suicidio por ahorcamiento; sin embargo, el intento suicida preponderó entre las féminas, con mayor riesgo en niñas y adolescentes, quienes decidieron ingerir preferentemente psicofármacos. La realización de intervenciones educativas en los grupos poblacionales más afectados podría fortalecer los mecanismos de afrontamiento ante situaciones estresantes.
A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 949 patients with suicidal behaviour, of which 126 died due to that cause in Santiago de Cuba was carried out during the 2010, with an increase in the mentioned year and prevalence in «Julio Antonio Mella¼ municipality, in order to characterize them according to variables of epidemiological interest and in this way to determine the morbidity and mortality attributable to that behavior. Male sex and the suicide by hanging prevailed in the case material; however, the suicidal attempt prevailed among females, with a greater risk in girls and adolescents, who decided to take preferably psychodrugs. Carrying out educational interventions in the most affected populational groups could strengthen the facing mechanisms in stressing situations.
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Objective To study the differences of suicide mortalities of the urban and rural residents in Liaoning Province. Methods The 1999-2003 suicidal data form Liaoning CDC were analyzed. Results Average suicide mortality was 6.28 for city and 18.34 for country per 100 000 persons in Liaoning Province during 1999 to 2003. The rural suicide mortality was higher than urban (?2=1626.74, P