TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Suicide in the elderly: an epidemiologic study
JO  - Revista da Escola de Engermagem da USP
A1  - Santos, Mariana Cristina Lobato Dos
A1  - Giusti, Barbara Bartuciotti
A1  - Yamamoto, Clarissa Ayri
A1  - Ciosak, Suely Itsuko
A1  - Szylit, Regina
SP  - e03694
EP  - e03694
VL  - 55
IS  - 
N2  - OBJECTIVE: To analyze the incidence and means of elderly suicide in Brazil. <br><br>METHOD: Epidemiologic, cross-sectional, quantitative, and retrospective study. The data were obtained in a platform maintained by the Ministry of Health and analyzed. The mortality rate was calculated and means and percentages regarding the employed means of suicide were obtained. <br><br>RESULTS: In this period, 8,977 suicides took place among the population over 60 years. The highest suicide rates were concentrated in the population over 80, which presented a mean 8.4/100,000 for this period, and between 70 and 79 years, with a mean rate of 8.2/100,000. Considering the total elderly population over 60 years, this value reached 7.8/100,000, whereas in the general population this was 5.3/100,000. The values are always higher among the elderly population: the mean rate in the last five years among the elderly is 47.2% higher than the mean for the general population. The main mean of suicide was hanging (68%), followed by firearm (11%), self-intoxication (9%), falling from a high place (5%), and undefined or undetermined means (6%). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Epidemiologic analyses bring visibility to the dyad aging and suicide, corroborating the pertinence of this theme.<p />  <p>Language: pt</p>
LA  - pt
SN  - 0080-6234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1980-220X2019026603694
ID  - ref1
ER  -