@article{ref1,
title="Descriptive epidemiology of suicide in Spain (1906-1990)",
journal="Actas luso-espanolas de neurologia, psiquiatria y ciencias afines",
year="1997",
author="Mirón Canelo, J. A. and Sáenz González, M. C. and Blanco Montagut, L. and Fernández Martín, C.",
volume="25",
number="5",
pages="327-331",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: In Spain, suicide as a cause of death is increasing in different age groups in both sexes. The aim of the present work is to characterize the phenomenon of suicide. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective descriptive epidemiological study was carried out. Data periodically published by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) on the statistical Incidence of Suicides in Spain (1906-1990) were analyzed, processed and tabulated. RESULTS: Suicide increases with age and this increase is more pronounced as from 40 years of age. The ratio between sexes is 3:1 in favour of men, although with a tendency to decrease. The most important causes of suicide are: physical suffering (27%), psychopathy (18%) and Daily Activities (DA) (17.5%). The method most used is hanging, which has been the case of 37% of the suicides committed in Spain during the study period (1906-1990). CONCLUSIONS: The risk factors associated with suicide are age, male sex, and physical and mental suffering.<p /><p>Language: es</p>",
language="es",
issn="0300-5062",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}