TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Effects of bioclimatology on suicides
JO  - Atencion Primaria
A1  - Gómez González, M. J.
A1  - Alonso García, C.
A1  - Piñana López, A.
SP  - 177
EP  - 182
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To verify the influence of the weather on suicides. DESIGN: A retrospective descriptive study. SETTING: County of Cartagena. PARTICIPANTS: All the suicides recorded in the Anatomical Forensic Institute of Cartagena between 1986 and 1993. INTERVENTIONS: Creation of a data base with the essential features of each suicide and all the relevant bioclimatological variables of the exact moment they happen. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: A statistical description of each variable was made. The relationship between the different variables was defined by the Pearson chi 2 test and residual analysis. The sample data were compared with the population data (Neyman-Pearson and Pearson chi 2 tests), p < 0.05. 149 suicides were recorded. These suicides occur during the day, Monday and Saturday being the days with the highest number of them. Distribution throughout the month was homogeneous: July was the month with most suicides. There was an age band in the second and third decades of life and a peak in elderly people. Our sample had 77.9% men. Retired people and housewives predominated. CONCLUSION: Suicides are generally influenced by meteorological factors.<p /> <p>Language: es</p>
LA  - es
SN  - 0212-6567
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -