Author:

• Liana Wernersbach Pinto - Pinto, L.W. - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - <liwep@yahoo.com.br> +

Co-author(s):

• Cosme Marcelo Furtado Passos da Silva - Silva, CMFP - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - <cosme.passos@fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7789-1671
• Thiago de Oliveira Pires - Pires, TO - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - <thop100@hotmail.com>
• Simone Gonçalves de Assis - Assis, S.G - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - <sgassis@globo.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7779-3991
• Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo - Minayo, M. C. S. - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - <maminayo@terra.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6187-9301

Thematic Area:

Saúde Mental

Abstract:

This work aimed to perform an ecological analysis of suicide mortality of people aged 60 years or more in Brazilian cities in 2005-2007 period, investigating associated factors. Data on suicide deaths were extracted from the Mortality Information System, codes X60 to X86 and Y87.0 (ICD-10). Poisson regression, negative binomial and zero inflated negative binomial (ZINB) models were adjusted. The latter exhibited the best results when comparing models. The proportion of non-whites (negative association), the rate of hospitalization for mood disorders (positive association) and sex ratio (negative association) were identified as factors associated with suicide.

Keywords:

suicide elderly ecological study zero inflated negative binomial model

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