TY - JOUR PY - 2020// TI - Suicide trend among Brazilian adolescents between 1997 and 2016 JO - Epidemiologia e serviços de saúde : revista do Sistema Unico de Saúde do Brasil A1 - Fernandes, Fabiana Yanes A1 - Freitas, Bruna Hinnah Borges Martins de A1 - Marcon, Samira Reschetti A1 - Arruda, Vilmeyze Larissa de A1 - Lima, Nathalie Vilma Pollo de A1 - Bortolini, Juliano A1 - Gaíva, Maria Aparecida Munhoz SP - e2020117 EP - e2020117 VL - 29 IS - 4 N2 - OBJECTIVE: To analyze the suicide mortality trend among Brazilian adolescents from 1997 to 2016. METHODS: This is an ecological time series study; Prais-Winsten regression was used. RESULTS: 14,852 suicide deaths were recorded, with mortality rates per 100,000 inhabitants of 1.95 in 1997, 2.65 in 2016 and average of 2.14 for the period 1997-2016; deaths predominated in males (67.59%), as well as deaths due to intentional self-harm (84.19%) and suicides at home (52.69%); the Midwest region had the highest rate in the period (3.71/100,000 inhabitants), in particular the state of Mato Grosso do Sul (8.3/100,000 inhabitants); the suicide trend rose 1.35% per annum in the general adolescent population (95%CI 0.56;2.15), 1.63% in males (95%CI 0.56;2.29), 3.11% in the North (95%CI 2.25;3.98) and 4.19% in the Northeast (95%CI 2.58;5.84). CONCLUSION: Suicide mortality in Brazilian adolescents showed an upward trend in the period studied.
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