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0139/2012 - Suicide mortality in people aged 60 years or more in Brazilian cities in the period 1996 to 2007
Mortalidade por suicídio em pessoas com 60 anos ou mais nos municípios brasileiros no período de 1996 a 2007

Author:

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

Co-author(s):

• Simone Gonçalves de Assis - Assis, S.G. - Rio de Janeiro, - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - <simone@claves.fiocruz.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7779-3991
• Thiago Oliveira Pires - Pires, T.O. - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - <thop100@hotmail.com>
• Maria Cecília de Souza Minayo - Minayo, M.C.S - Rio de Janeiro, RJ - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - <maminayo@terra.com.br> +
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6187-9301

Thematic Area:

Saúde Mental

Abstract:

The aim of the present article was to know the magnitude of suicide cases among elderly people nation-wide. A description of mortality by suicide in Brazilian cities was done, with the objective of establishing those with higher frequency of the event. Data from the Information System about Mortality (SIM/MS) were applied during the period of 1996 to 2007, using the events with codes X60 until X84 and Y87.0 of the 10th review of the International Classification of Diseases (CID-10). The rates were standardized according to the criteria of the World Health Organization. It was discovered that 3,039 Brazilian cities have had incidence of suicide cases among people than 60 in at least one of the triennium analyzed (54.6% of the total of cities). A total of 29.3% of those cities were in the South Region, 29.6% in the Southeast and 27.5% in the Northeast. In terms of units of the federation, Rio Grande do Sul has the biggest percentage of cities with suicide cases in the four triennium (27.3%), followed by the states of São Paulo (17.4%) and Santa Catarina (9.1%). Comparing the first and the final triennium, it was observed that there was a reduction in 32 of the 51 counties with higher rates. The mean ratio of deaths man/woman was 2.8 male deaths for every female death. The main mean utilized is hanging, strangulation and suffocation among both men (58.2%) and women (49.8%).

Keywords:

Suicide Elderly Mortality

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Pinto, L.W., Assis, S.G., Pires, T.O., Minayo, M.C.S. Suicide mortality in people aged 60 years or more in Brazilian cities in the period 1996 to 2007. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2012/Mar). [Citado em 21/01/2025]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/suicide-mortality-in-people-aged-60-years-or-more-in-brazilian-cities-in-the-period-1996-to-2007/9482?id=9482



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