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0240/2025 - Suicide in women according to the most incident methods in the macroregions of Brazil (2000 to 2019)
Suicídio em mulheres segundo os métodos de perpetração mais incidentes nas macrorregiões do Brasil (2000 a 2019)

Author:

• Eder Samuel Oliveira Dantas - Dantas, ESO - <edersamuel_rn@hotmail.com>
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6595-6105

Co-author(s):

• Karina Cardoso Meira - Meira, KC - <ninameira87@gmail.com; karina.meira@unifesp.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1722-5703


Abstract:

To analyze the temporal trend of suicide mortality in women residing in the macroregions of Brazil according to the most incident perpetration methods from 2000 to 2019. Methods: This is an ecological study with a temporal cut on suicides in women and perpetration methods in the macroregions of Brazil. Data were extracted from the Mortality Information System, and techniques were applied to correct death records for coverage and information quality. Trends were assessed by negative binomial regression, classified according to the relative risk value and p-value. Results: The perpetration methods with the highest rates in all studied locations were hanging, strangulation, and suffocation, followed by self-poisoning and firearm. In all locations, there was an upward trend for suicides by hanging, strangulation, and suffocation in all age groups, and a downward trend for suicide by firearm and self-poisoning, except in the Southern region, which showed an upward trend in suicide rates by self-poisoning, and the Midwest, where there was stability. Conclusion: Hanging, strangulation, and suffocation represent the main method used by women in all age groups and regions of Brazil.

Keywords:

Suicide; Women; Time Series Studies

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Dantas, ESO, Meira, KC. Suicide in women according to the most incident methods in the macroregions of Brazil (2000 to 2019). Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2025/Jul). [Citado em 05/12/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/suicide-in-women-according-to-the-most-incident-methods-in-the-macroregions-of-brazil-2000-to-2019/19716



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