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ArticleTrends in psychiatry and psychotherapy2022

Time series analysis of suicide from a monthly perspective in the south of Brazil: an ecological study.

Augusto Mädke Brenner, Felipe Cesar de Almeida Claudino, Gianfranco Rizzotto de Souza, Neusa Sica da Rocha

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Article in Trends in psychiatry and psychotherapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Augusto Mädke BrennerFaculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Centro de Pesquisas Clínicas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Innovations and Interventions for Quality of Life Research Group (I-QoL), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Felipe Cesar de Almeida ClaudinoCentro de Pesquisas Clínicas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Innovations and Interventions for Quality of Life Research Group (I-QoL), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Gianfranco Rizzotto de SouzaFaculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (UFCSPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Centro de Pesquisas Clínicas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Innovations and Interventions for Quality of Life Research Group (I-QoL), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Neusa Sica da RochaCentro de Pesquisas Clínicas, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Innovations and Interventions for Quality of Life Research Group (I-QoL), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psiquiatria e Ciências do Comportamento, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Departamento de Psiquiatria, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul · BR

Funding

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e TecnológicoCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do SulFundo de Incentivo à Pesquisa e Eventos do Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSuicide is the cause of death of almost 800 thousand people worldwide every year. In Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul is one of the states with the highest suicide rates. This study aimed to assess whether there is a significant monthly time pattern of suicide in Rio Grande do Sul, by gender and age ranges, and whether suicide characteristics in the state are coherent with findings from previous studies.

methodsAll data were collected from official secondary sources maintained by the national Brazilian and Rio Grande do Sul governments, covering a period from 2015 to 2019. Data included suicide deaths and population, divided by gender and age range. Sum totals, frequencies, odds ratios, and time series analyses were performed.

resultsFrom 2015 to 2019, 6,287 people committed suicide in Rio Grande do Sul. Most of them were men and the most prevalent age band was from 50 to 59 years old. Men had higher suicide rates then women in all age ranges (p < 0.001) and in all months of the year, with an approximately 4-fold higher risk of committing suicide when compared to women. Men had a trending peak of suicide in January and December (p < 0.001), whereas women's suicide rates peaked in March and December (p = 0.001).

conclusionThere are monthly time trends and seasonal patterns of suicide rates in Rio Grande do Sul, varying by gender and age range. Gender differences occurred mainly in the first three months of the year, and the age pattern was more evident among individuals aged 60 years or older.

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SuicideBrazilFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornMaleMiddle AgedResearch DesignTime Factorscompleted suicideepidemiologymental healthSuicide

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