@article{ref1,
title="Improving suicide mortality statistics in Tarragona (Catalonia, Spain) between 2004-2012",
journal="Revista de psiquiatrí́a y salud mental",
year="2016",
author="Barbería, Eneko and Gispert, Rosa and Gallo, Belén and Ribas, Gloria and Puigdefàbregas, Anna and Freitas, Adriana and Segú, Elena and Torralba, Pilar and García-Sayago, Francisco and Estarellas, Aina",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Monitoring and preventing suicidal behaviour requires, among other data, knowing suicide deaths precisely. They often appear under-reported or misclassified in the official mortality statistics. The aim of this study is to analyse the under-reporting found in the suicide mortality statistics of Tarragona (a province of Catalonia, Spain). <br><br>METHOD AND MATERIALS: The analysis takes into account all suicide deaths that occurred in the Tarragona Area of the Catalan Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences (TA-CILMFS) between 2004 and 2012. The sources of information were the death data files of the Catalan Mortality Register, as well as the Autopsies Files of the TA-CILMFS. Suicide rates and socio-demographic profiles were statistically compared between the suicide initially reported and the final one. <br><br>RESULTS: The mean percentage of non-reported cases in the period was 16.2%, with a minimum percentage of 2.2% in 2005 and a maximum of 26.8% in 2009. The crude mortality rate by suicide rose from 6.6 to 7.9 per 100,000 inhabitants once forensic data were incorporated. Small differences were detected between the socio-demographic profile of the suicide initially reported and the final one. Supplementary information was obtained on the suicide method, which revealed a significant increase in poisoning and suicides involving trains. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: An exhaustive review of suicide deaths data from forensic sources has led to an improvement in the under-reported statistical information. It also improves the knowledge of the method of suicide and personal characteristics.<br><br>Copyright © 2016 SEP y SEPB. Publicado por Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="1888-9891",
doi="10.1016/j.rpsm.2016.05.004",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rpsm.2016.05.004"
}