Factors Associated with Suicide Attempts and Suicides in the General Population of Andalusia (Spain)

Yolanda Mejías-Martín, Juan de Dios Luna del Castillo, Candela Rodríguez-Mejías, Celia Martí-García, Juan Pablo Valencia-Quintero and María Paz García-Caro
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Yolanda Mejías-Martín: Department of Mental Health, General University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain
Juan de Dios Luna del Castillo: Biostatistics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain
Candela Rodríguez-Mejías: Department of Intensive Care, General University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain
Celia Martí-García: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Malaga, 29071 Malaga, Spain
Juan Pablo Valencia-Quintero: Department of Intensive Care, General University Hospital Virgen de las Nieves, 18014 Granada, Spain
María Paz García-Caro: Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, 18016 Granada, Spain

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 22, 1-13

Abstract: Discrepant results have been published by studies comparing deaths by suicide with attempted suicides. This study aimed to determine factors associated with suicides and attempted suicides in Andalusia (Spain) between 2007 and 2013, comparing sex, age, year, and suicide method between these populations. A retrospective study was conducted of data on deaths by suicide and attempted suicides over a seven-year period, calculating the sex and age rates for each behavior. Adjusted Poisson regression was used to analyze the association with study variables, and incidence rate ratios were estimated. During the seven-year study period, 20,254 attempted suicides and 5202 deaths by suicide were recorded. The prevalence of attempted suicide did not differ between the sexes, whereas the prevalence of deaths by suicide was three-fold higher among males than among females and increased with higher age. The most frequently used method was the same in males and females for suicide attempts, but differed between the sexes for suicides. The combined influence of sex and age was greater in the model for death by suicide than in the model for attempted suicide. The key differentiating factor was the method used, while the finding of greatest concern was the suicide behavior among the elderly. Preventive strategies should take these differences into account.

Keywords: suicide; suicide attempt; population groups; emergency medical services (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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