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Revista Facultad Nacional de Salud Pública
versión impresa ISSN 0120-386Xversión On-line ISSN 2256-3334
Resumen
ARCOS-RODRIGUEZ, Viviana Alejandra; SUAREZ-MOLINA, Andrés Fernando; ZAMBRANO-LEON, María Antonella y TARAPUEZ-CUATIN, Sofia Liseth. Sex differences associated with suicide and potential years of life lost: a retrospective study. Rev. Fac. Nac. Salud Pública [online]. 2023, vol.41, n.2, e05. Epub 15-Nov-2023. ISSN 0120-386X. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.rfnsp.e350940.
Objective:
To identify the sex differences associated with the potential years of life lost due to suicide in the department of Nariño, from 2005 to 2019.
Methodology:
Descriptive, observational and retrospective study, in which 1686 death certificates by suicide of men and women in the department of Nariño, identified in the National Administrative Department of Statistics, were analyzed.
Results:
From 2005 to 2019, 1,212 suicide cases of men were observed and 474 of women. Women committed suicide at younger ages than men. 50.5% of the men had completed primary school, and 46.0% of the women, secondary school. The highest number of suicide cases of men and women occurred in the urban area (51.2% and 45.1% respectively). Poisoning was the suicide mechanism most used by women (66.7%), and for men, the highest percentage (41.7) corresponded to hanging. The annual trend of deaths by suicide was higher in men than in women. For men, the suicide rate was above 4.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, while for women, it remained below 3.0.
Conclusions:
There was an increase in the trend of deaths in the period analyzed and the risk of dying by suicide in men was 3.9 times the risk of dying by suicide in women. The study contemplates important aspects to be addressed in suicide prevention.
Palabras clave : potential years of life lost; mortality; sex; suicide.