Abstract

VELASQUEZ, Angie Vanessa  and  VELEZ GRISALES, Hugo. Mortality and potential years of life lost by suicide by Commune and neighborhoods of Medellin, Colombia, 2010 and 2012. Revista médica Risaralda [online]. 2017, vol.23, n.1, pp.8-12. ISSN 0122-0667.

Introduction: Suicide is a public health problem because of the negative impact it has had on the collectives. The mortality rate and the years of potential life lost (YPLL) by suicide are estimated in addition to their geographical distribution. Materials and methods: Descriptive study, with secondary information provided by the National Department of Statistics (DANE); the mortality rates and the YPLL by suicide were calculated, taking as a reference the life expectancy at birth of Medellin for the years 2010 and 2012, in addition to the construction of the geographical distribution of suicide by commune and neighborhood of the city of Medellin. Results: In Medellin, for the two years of study, there were 253 suicides, 81.4% of which were men. The mortality rates for 2010 and 2012 were 5.2 and 5.4 per hundred thousand inhabitants, respectively. People in the age groups from 20 to 29 years, followed by the 10 to 19 years were the ones with the greatest contribution of YPLL. It was noted that the communes La Candelaria and El Poblado contributed to a greater extent with the YPLL in both genders, and in the suburbs Calle Nueva, Guayaquil, Pablo VI, Caribe and Cerro Nutibara a similar situation was found. Discussion: Although suicide is an event possibly avoidable, it still has a large impact especially in men in productive age, which suggests the need of future that mental health interventions in order to decrease this scourge

Keywords : Suicide; Mortality Rates; YPLL; Medellin; Geographical Distribution.

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