TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Suicides in Brazilian Federal Highway Police: a retrospective study with 20-years' data (2001-2020)
JO  - American journal of industrial medicine
A1  - Marins, Eduardo Frio
A1  - Ferreira, Rodrigo Wiltgen
A1  - de Freitas, Flávio Castagna
A1  - Júnior, José Rossy E. V.
A1  - Dutra, Geovana Ferreira de Andrade Alves
A1  - Caputo, Eduardo Lucia
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - BACKGROUND: To assess the incidence of suicides among Brazilian Federal Highway Police Officers (FHPO) between 2001 and 2020, as well as to describe their sociodemographic and occupational profile. <br><br>METHODS: A retrospective study analyzed all suicides among FHPO of all Brazilian states between 2001 and 2020 based on personalized police record files. <br><br>RESULTS: The average suicide rate was 18.7/100,000 persons per year. A total of 35 suicides were identified, of which 33 (91.4%) were by firearm. Most FHPO who died by suicide were male (94.3%), under the age of 40 (62.9%), working for 10 or more years (57.1%), married (65.7%), parents (68.6%), had health insurance (77.1%), and worked in alternating shifts (54.2%). <br><br>CONCLUSION: The suicide rate among FHPO is high. Due to missing data on age and gender, standardized rates were not reported in the current study, therefore a careful interpretation of the rates reported should be considered.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0271-3586
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajim.23512
ID  - ref1
ER  -