Citation

Pinto LW, Silva CM, Pires Tde O, Assis SG. Cien. Saude Colet. 2012; 17(8): 2003-2009.

Vernacular Title

Fatores associados com a mortalidade por suicídio de idosos nos municípios brasileiros no período de 2005-2007.

Affiliation

Centro Latino-Americano de Estudos de Violência e Saúde Jorge Careli, Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 21040-361, lianawp@fiocruz.br.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Associacao Brasileira de Pos-Graduacao em Saude Coletiva)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

22899141

Abstract

This scope of this paper was to conduct an ecological analysis of suicide mortality of people aged 60 years or more in Brazilian municipalities between 2005 and 2007, by investigating factors associated with the event. Data on suicide deaths were extracted from the Mortality Information System, codes X60 to X86 and Y87.0 (ICD-10). Poisson, negative binomial and zero-inflated negative binomial (ZINB) regression 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.

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