Citation

Beringuel BM, Costa HVV, Silva APSC, do Bonfim CV. Rev. Bras. Enferm. 2020; 73(Suppl 1): e20180270.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Associacao Brasilerira de Enfermagem)

DOI

10.1590/0034-7167-2018-0270

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiological characteristics of suicide mortality in the state of Pernambuco, from 1996 to 2015.
METHOD: Study with data from the Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade. The simple linear regression model was used to verify the trend in the period analyzed.
RESULTS: There were 6,229 suicides, of which 3,390 (54.4%) occurred in the second decade of study. The mortality rate was 4.7 per 100,000 inhabitants. The temporal trend presented a decrease of 23.5% (p=0.031). For the male sex and the age range between 20 and 39 years, there was a decline in self-inflicted death of 23.8% (p=0.018) and 26.1% (p=0.046), respectively.
CONCLUSION: The temporal analysis revealed a reduction in suicide mortality coefficients. This observation may contribute to better targeting of health interventions, optimizing resources and efforts, especially in suicide prevention.

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