Gender differentials in suicide mortality

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Isaac Gonçalves da
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Maranhão, Thatiana Araujo, Silva, Taynara Lais, Sousa, George Jó Bezerra, Lira Neto, José Claudio Garcia, Pereira , Maria Lúcia Duarte
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por; eng
• Título da fonte: Rev Rene (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/61520
• topic: Suicide; Mortality; Gender and Health; Time Series Studies; Ecological Studies.; Suicídio; Mortalidade; Gênero e Saúde; Estudos de Séries Temporais; Estudos Ecológicos.

Objective: to identify gender differences in suicide mortality in Northeastern Brazil. Methods: the deaths from suicide recorded in the Mortality Information System were analyzed. The Chi-square (x2) for independence and odds ratio tests were used. The time trend was evaluated by the Joinpoint method. Results: in the period studied there were 27,101 suicide deaths in the Northeast, with a predominance of the male gender (79.5%). Adolescent women, with high schooling, widows, and divorcees are more prone to suicide than men. The male gender is more likely to use firearms and hanging, while the female gender uses more smoke, fire and flames and self-intoxication to commit the act. The most significant increase in mortality was among men (3.1%; p<0.05). Conclusion: there was a greater prevalence and tendency to increase suicide among men, as they use more lethal means to commit the act compared to women.