Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Completed Suicides in Mexico City 2014–2015
Objective: To analyze sex differences in demographic and clinical characteristics of individuals who died by suicide in Mexico City.Method: Statistical analysis of residents of Mexico City whose cause of death was suicide, during two years period from January 2014 to December 2015, with a coroner�...
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| author | Ana L. Romero-Pimentel Ana L. Romero-Pimentel Roberto C. Mendoza-Morales Ana Fresan Fernando Garcia-Dolores Eli E. Gonzalez-Saenz Mirna E. Morales-Marin Humberto Nicolini Guilherme Borges |
| author_facet | Ana L. Romero-Pimentel Ana L. Romero-Pimentel Roberto C. Mendoza-Morales Ana Fresan Fernando Garcia-Dolores Eli E. Gonzalez-Saenz Mirna E. Morales-Marin Humberto Nicolini Guilherme Borges |
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| description | Objective: To analyze sex differences in demographic and clinical characteristics of individuals who died by suicide in Mexico City.Method: Statistical analysis of residents of Mexico City whose cause of death was suicide, during two years period from January 2014 to December 2015, with a coroner's report. Suicide mortality rates were calculated by age, sex, and location within the city. The Chi-squared test was used to assess statistical differences.Results: From January 2014 to December 2015, 990 residents of Mexico City died by suicide (men: 78.28%, women: 21.72%). Among males, the highest mortality rates were among the groups of 20–24 and 75–79 years old, whereas in women, the group with the highest mortality rate was 15 to 19 years old. 74% of the sample used hanging as suicide method. However, men had higher rates of a positive result in the toxicology test (40%) (p < 0.05). There was no concordance between male and female suicide by city jurisdictions.Conclusion: Our results provide evidence that the characteristics of Mexico City's residents who committed suicide had significant sex-related differences, including where they used to live. Understanding the contributory factors associated with completed suicide is essential for the development of effective preventive strategies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-21145601ea104749ad7e96802bd71ee32022-12-21T18:39:49ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402018-09-01910.3389/fpsyt.2018.00402395071Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Completed Suicides in Mexico City 2014–2015Ana L. Romero-Pimentel0Ana L. Romero-Pimentel1Roberto C. Mendoza-Morales2Ana Fresan3Fernando Garcia-Dolores4Eli E. Gonzalez-Saenz5Mirna E. Morales-Marin6Humberto Nicolini7Guilherme Borges8Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico, Ciudad de Mexico, MexicoInstituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Ciudad de Mexico, MexicoInstituto de Ciencias Forenses, Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la CDMX, Ciudad de Mexico, MexicoInstituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Ciudad de Mexico, MexicoInstituto de Ciencias Forenses, Tribunal Superior de Justicia de la CDMX, Ciudad de Mexico, MexicoHospital Psiquiátrico Fray Bernardino Álvarez, Ciudad de Mexico, MexicoInstituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Ciudad de Mexico, MexicoInstituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica, Ciudad de Mexico, MexicoInstituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz, Ciudad de Mexico, MexicoObjective: To analyze sex differences in demographic and clinical characteristics of individuals who died by suicide in Mexico City.Method: Statistical analysis of residents of Mexico City whose cause of death was suicide, during two years period from January 2014 to December 2015, with a coroner's report. Suicide mortality rates were calculated by age, sex, and location within the city. The Chi-squared test was used to assess statistical differences.Results: From January 2014 to December 2015, 990 residents of Mexico City died by suicide (men: 78.28%, women: 21.72%). Among males, the highest mortality rates were among the groups of 20–24 and 75–79 years old, whereas in women, the group with the highest mortality rate was 15 to 19 years old. 74% of the sample used hanging as suicide method. However, men had higher rates of a positive result in the toxicology test (40%) (p < 0.05). There was no concordance between male and female suicide by city jurisdictions.Conclusion: Our results provide evidence that the characteristics of Mexico City's residents who committed suicide had significant sex-related differences, including where they used to live. Understanding the contributory factors associated with completed suicide is essential for the development of effective preventive strategies.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00402/fullsuicidesexepidemiologycoronersMexico City |
| spellingShingle | Ana L. Romero-Pimentel Ana L. Romero-Pimentel Roberto C. Mendoza-Morales Ana Fresan Fernando Garcia-Dolores Eli E. Gonzalez-Saenz Mirna E. Morales-Marin Humberto Nicolini Guilherme Borges Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Completed Suicides in Mexico City 2014–2015 Frontiers in Psychiatry suicide sex epidemiology coroners Mexico City |
| title | Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Completed Suicides in Mexico City 2014–2015 |
| title_full | Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Completed Suicides in Mexico City 2014–2015 |
| title_fullStr | Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Completed Suicides in Mexico City 2014–2015 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Completed Suicides in Mexico City 2014–2015 |
| title_short | Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Completed Suicides in Mexico City 2014–2015 |
| title_sort | demographic and clinical characteristics of completed suicides in mexico city 2014 2015 |
| topic | suicide sex epidemiology coroners Mexico City |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00402/full |
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