Suicide mortality: gender and socioeconomic differences

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Autor(a) principal: Marín-León, Leticia
Data de Publicação: 2003
Outros Autores: Barros, Marilisa B A
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: Revista de Saúde Pública
Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/31599
Resumo: OBJECTIVE: To describe suicide mortality trend and sociodemographic patterns identifying gender and socioeconomic differences. METHODS: The trend of crude rates of suicide mortality by sex in the city of Campinas, Brazil, for the period 1976-2001 was assessed. Data from the Mortality Registry were used for sociodemographic analyses in the period 1996-2001. An ecological approach was used to examine socioeconomic differences and the 42 city areas of health care units were classified into 4 homogeneous strata. Rates were age-adjusted using direct method. RESULTS: The city has a low suicide rate (less than 5/100,000) in comparison with other countries. Male excess mortality was over 2.7 male suicides for each female suicide. While in 1980-1985 the older group (55 years and older) had the highest suicide rates, in 1997-2001 the middle-aged adult group (35-54 years old) showed the highest ones. As for suicide methods, men used hanging (36.4%) and firearms (31.8%), while women used poisoning (24.2%) and firearms and hanging (21.2% each). Hangings led to death at home, while firearms or poisoning deaths took place more often in hospitals. Suicide is different from homicide in that there is no rate increase with lower socioeconomic level. CONCLUSIONS: Suicide rates are low with successive increments and decrements without consistent growing or lowering trends. The risk of dying by suicide is higher among men and does not increase with lower socioeconomic condition.
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spelling Suicide mortality: gender and socioeconomic differences Mortes por suicídio: diferenças de gênero e nível socioeconômico Suicide^i2^sstatistics & numerical dMortality rateMortality^i2^streSocioeconomic factorsAge distributionEpidemiologySuicídio^i1^sestatística & dados numériCoeficiente de mortalidadeMortalidade^i1^stendêncFatores socioeconômicosDistribuição por idadeEpidemiologia OBJECTIVE: To describe suicide mortality trend and sociodemographic patterns identifying gender and socioeconomic differences. METHODS: The trend of crude rates of suicide mortality by sex in the city of Campinas, Brazil, for the period 1976-2001 was assessed. Data from the Mortality Registry were used for sociodemographic analyses in the period 1996-2001. An ecological approach was used to examine socioeconomic differences and the 42 city areas of health care units were classified into 4 homogeneous strata. Rates were age-adjusted using direct method. RESULTS: The city has a low suicide rate (less than 5/100,000) in comparison with other countries. Male excess mortality was over 2.7 male suicides for each female suicide. While in 1980-1985 the older group (55 years and older) had the highest suicide rates, in 1997-2001 the middle-aged adult group (35-54 years old) showed the highest ones. As for suicide methods, men used hanging (36.4%) and firearms (31.8%), while women used poisoning (24.2%) and firearms and hanging (21.2% each). Hangings led to death at home, while firearms or poisoning deaths took place more often in hospitals. Suicide is different from homicide in that there is no rate increase with lower socioeconomic level. CONCLUSIONS: Suicide rates are low with successive increments and decrements without consistent growing or lowering trends. The risk of dying by suicide is higher among men and does not increase with lower socioeconomic condition. OBJETIVO: Descrever a tendência da mortalidade por suicídio e o perfil sociodemográfico, identificando diferenças de sexo e nível socioeconômico. MÉTODOS: Analisou-se a tendência das taxas brutas de suicídio, em Campinas, SP, no período 1976-2001, segundo o sexo. Para a análise sociodemográfica dos óbitos, no período de 1996-2001, foi utilizado o Banco de Dados de Óbitos de Campinas. Para a análise das diferenças socioeconômicas utilizou-se abordagem ecológica, em que as 42 áreas de abrangência das unidades básicas dos serviços de saúde foram agrupadas em quatro estratos homogêneos. Calcularam-se taxas padronizadas por idade (método direto). RESULTADOS: Comparando a outros países, a mortalidade por suicídio no município foi baixa (Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Saúde Pública2003-06-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/3159910.1590/S0034-89102003000300015Revista de Saúde Pública; Vol. 37 No. 3 (2003); 357-363 Revista de Saúde Pública; Vol. 37 Núm. 3 (2003); 357-363 Revista de Saúde Pública; v. 37 n. 3 (2003); 357-363 1518-87870034-8910reponame:Revista de Saúde Públicainstname:Universidade de São Paulo (USP)instacron:USPporhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/31599/33484Copyright (c) 2017 Revista de Saúde Públicainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMarín-León, LeticiaBarros, Marilisa B A2012-07-08T14:55:08Zoai:revistas.usp.br:article/31599Revistahttps://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/indexONGhttps://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/oairevsp@org.usp.br||revsp1@usp.br1518-87870034-8910opendoar:2012-07-08T14:55:08Revista de Saúde Pública - Universidade de São Paulo (USP)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Suicide mortality: gender and socioeconomic differences
Mortes por suicídio: diferenças de gênero e nível socioeconômico
title Suicide mortality: gender and socioeconomic differences
spellingShingle Suicide mortality: gender and socioeconomic differences
Marín-León, Leticia
Suicide^i2^sstatistics & numerical d
Mortality rate
Mortality^i2^stre
Socioeconomic factors
Age distribution
Epidemiology
Suicídio^i1^sestatística & dados numéri
Coeficiente de mortalidade
Mortalidade^i1^stendênc
Fatores socioeconômicos
Distribuição por idade
Epidemiologia
title_short Suicide mortality: gender and socioeconomic differences
title_full Suicide mortality: gender and socioeconomic differences
title_fullStr Suicide mortality: gender and socioeconomic differences
title_full_unstemmed Suicide mortality: gender and socioeconomic differences
title_sort Suicide mortality: gender and socioeconomic differences
author Marín-León, Leticia
author_facet Marín-León, Leticia
Barros, Marilisa B A
author_role author
author2 Barros, Marilisa B A
author2_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Marín-León, Leticia
Barros, Marilisa B A
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Suicide^i2^sstatistics & numerical d
Mortality rate
Mortality^i2^stre
Socioeconomic factors
Age distribution
Epidemiology
Suicídio^i1^sestatística & dados numéri
Coeficiente de mortalidade
Mortalidade^i1^stendênc
Fatores socioeconômicos
Distribuição por idade
Epidemiologia
topic Suicide^i2^sstatistics & numerical d
Mortality rate
Mortality^i2^stre
Socioeconomic factors
Age distribution
Epidemiology
Suicídio^i1^sestatística & dados numéri
Coeficiente de mortalidade
Mortalidade^i1^stendênc
Fatores socioeconômicos
Distribuição por idade
Epidemiologia
description OBJECTIVE: To describe suicide mortality trend and sociodemographic patterns identifying gender and socioeconomic differences. METHODS: The trend of crude rates of suicide mortality by sex in the city of Campinas, Brazil, for the period 1976-2001 was assessed. Data from the Mortality Registry were used for sociodemographic analyses in the period 1996-2001. An ecological approach was used to examine socioeconomic differences and the 42 city areas of health care units were classified into 4 homogeneous strata. Rates were age-adjusted using direct method. RESULTS: The city has a low suicide rate (less than 5/100,000) in comparison with other countries. Male excess mortality was over 2.7 male suicides for each female suicide. While in 1980-1985 the older group (55 years and older) had the highest suicide rates, in 1997-2001 the middle-aged adult group (35-54 years old) showed the highest ones. As for suicide methods, men used hanging (36.4%) and firearms (31.8%), while women used poisoning (24.2%) and firearms and hanging (21.2% each). Hangings led to death at home, while firearms or poisoning deaths took place more often in hospitals. Suicide is different from homicide in that there is no rate increase with lower socioeconomic level. CONCLUSIONS: Suicide rates are low with successive increments and decrements without consistent growing or lowering trends. The risk of dying by suicide is higher among men and does not increase with lower socioeconomic condition.
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