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Estudo ecológico sobre os possíveis determinantes socioeconômicos, demográficos e fisiográficos do suicídio no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, 1998-2002

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: Epidemiology has identified violence as a major worldwide public health concern. Suicide is classified as violence. This study analyzes the association between suicide and socio-demographic factors. The methodological design was ecological, using correlation techniques and backward multiple linear regression. Normality of the residuals in the final model was analyzed. Proportional mortality in relation to total deaths was identified as the best outcome for modeling (R(2) = 0.41). The resulting variables were: % Pentecostal religion, % single marital status in the population over 10 years of age, mean years of schooling, altitude of the municipality, % homes without latrines, % population over 10 years of age working in the educational sector, and % population over 10 years with per capita earnings up to one minimum wage. All these variables were statistically significant at 5%. The results support the idea of the influence of extrinsic causal factors in determination of suicide.

Source: Cadernos de Saúde Pública

DOI: 10.1590/s0102-311x2012000500003

Authors: José Gomes Bezerra Filho, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck, Rosa Lívia Freitas de Almeida, Maria Ivoneide Veríssimo de Oliveira, Francismeire Brasileiro Magalhães

Institutions: Universidade Federal do Ceará, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Estadual do Ceará

Language: Portuguese

Topic: Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2088503151

FWCI: 2.787

Cites: 22

Cited by: 22

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