2021, Number 4
Suicide epidemiology in Rafael Freyre Torres municipality , Holguín, Cuba: 2009 - 2018
Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT
Introduction: Suicide is a worldwide public health problem. Mortality rates in Holguin and its municipality Rafael Freyre Torres are higher than the Cuban average.Objective: To characterize epidemiological variables of suicide in Rafael Freyre Torres municipality of Holguin.
Methods: An investigation of a series of cases of 100 deaths due to suicide during 2009-2018 was carried out. Mortality rates were taken per 100 000 inhabitants. Data were collected from the Medical Statistic Provincial Center of Holguin, family surveys and medical records.
Results: The mean annual mortality rate due to suicide was 18.7. Mean annual rates increased with age, with the highest rate in ≥ 60 years (36.5). The male sex had a rate of 29.5 and the female sex had a rate of 7.3. The rates in the health areas were: 16.8 in Fray Benito and 19.4 in Santa Lucia. The popular councils with the worst rates were Altuna (26.7), La Caridad (24), Dagames (22.7), La Ceiba (21.7) and Melones (19.9). Seventy-nine percent hanged themselves. The main risk factors were psychiatric illnesses (24%), depression due to alcoholism (22%) and marital conflicts (16%); in 23% the cause was not specified. Seventy-five percent had secondary and primary education.
Conclusions: Suicide constitutes a health problem, which is stationary during the last 10 years, but with high mortality rates above the national purpose, predominantly in men ≥ 60 years of age from rural areas, low educational level and with personal and family conflicts.
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