Citation

Franck MC, Sgaravatti M, Scolmeister D, Fassina V, Bettoni CC, Jardim FR, Nunes CC, Morales AF, Limberger RP. J. Bras. Psiquiatr. 2020; 69(1): 3-12.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Instituto De Psiquiatria)

DOI

10.1590/0047-2085000000254

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the epidemiological and toxicological profile of all suicide victims in 2017 in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

METHODS: The victims were classified by gender, age, parental absence, city, suicide form, death context, and toxicological results, using the police occurrences and the reports issued by the Instituto-Geral de Perícias do RS. Multiple correspondence analysis and the Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel X2 test were used to evaluate associations between the parameters studied.

RESULTS: There were 1,284 suicides (11.3 cases/100,000 inhabitants) in RS in 2017, 80% of which were men and 46% were young and old. Porto Alegre had the highest number of victims and the region of the Vale do Rio Pardo, the highest rate (20.8 cases/100,000 inhabitants). The hanging was the most used medium and the depression, the most mentioned context in the occurrences. The presence of ethanol was observed in 30% of the samples analyzed, with an adult male profile associated with the presence of other psychotropic substances, whose class was most frequently detected with anxiolytics. The nitrite was the most detected poison among the samples sent for this purpose. There was an association between parental absence and young people, between suicidal intoxication method and women and among young people and the presence of illicit compounds.

CONCLUSION: Mortality due to suicide continues to increase in RS, which, historically, has the highest Brazilian index. The information obtained in this study supports new research, promoting awareness raising, guidance to health services and the elaboration of more preventive public policies. © 2020, Editora Cientifica Nacional Ltda. All rights reserved.

Language: en

Keywords

human; Epidemiology; homicide; suicide; Suicide; Toxicology; drowning; traumatic brain injury; suicidal ideation; depression; prevalence; Public health; traffic accident; suicide attempt; hanging; awareness; toxicology; mental disease; seasonal variation; health service; breast cancer; lifespan; erectile dysfunction; foreign body; Article; food industry; mortality rate; Multivariate analysis