Title |
Características sociodemográficas e série temporal da mortalidade por suicídio em idosos no estado da Bahia, 1996-2013
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Published in |
Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde, March 2018
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DOI | 10.5123/s1679-49742018000100001 |
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Authors |
Érica Assunção Carmo, Patrícia Honório Silva Santos, Bárbara Santos Ribeiro, Carine de Jesus Soares, Maria Lydia Aroz D’Almeida Santana, Eliane dos Santos Bomfim, Bruno Gonçalves de Oliveira, Juliana da Silva Oliveira |
Abstract |
to describe sociodemographic aspects and time evolution of mortality due to suicide among elderly individuals in Bahia State, Brazil, from 1996 to 2013. time series descriptive and ecological study, with data from the Mortality Information System (SIM); Prais-Winsten regression was used for trend analysis and to calculate annual percent change (APC). 858 deaths due to suicide were identified in elderly in Bahia; 85.4% were men, and 53.8% were in the 60-69 age group; 64.3% of deaths resulted from hanging/strangulation, followed by self-poisoning by pesticides and chemical products (13.1%); there was an increasing trend in suicide mortality rate in the general elderly population (APC 11.0; 95%CI 6.9;15.3) and in the male sex (APC 12.1; 95%CI 7.1;17.3), whilst in the female population it remained stable. in Bahia, mortality due to suicide among elderly individuals presented an increasing trend in the period studied and was higher among males. |
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Geographical breakdown
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Unknown | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
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Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 38 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 5 | 13% |
Student > Bachelor | 5 | 13% |
Other | 3 | 8% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 8% |
Professor | 3 | 8% |
Other | 3 | 8% |
Unknown | 16 | 42% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 16% |
Psychology | 4 | 11% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 8% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 5% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 1 | 3% |
Other | 6 | 16% |
Unknown | 16 | 42% |