Characterization of suicidal behavior in Coquimbo, Chile, between 2018 and 2020

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Published on 5 de marzo de 2024 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2024.02.2770

Characterization of suicidal behavior in Coquimbo, Chile, between 2018 and 2020

Number of cases and crude suicide rates per 100 000 population, overall rate for the three studied years, and standardized mortality ratios, according to commune of residence. Coquimbo Region, from 2018 to 2020.

Commune	Year 2018		Year 2019		Year 2020		Global rate years 2018 to 2020		Communal SMR regional adjusted rate (in the last row) year 2018
Commune	n	Rate	n	Rate	n	Rate	n	Rate
La Serena	18	7.5	18	7.4	17	6.8	53	7.2	0.8
Vicuña	2	6.8	3	10.2	4	13.5	9	10.2	0.7
Paihuano	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
La Higuera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Coquimbo	10	4.1	22	8.8	15	5.8	47	6.2	0.4
Andacollo	1	8.6	1	8.5	0	0	2	5.7	0.9
Ovalle	13	11.0	9	7.5	15	12.4	37	10.3	1.2
Combarbalá	1	7.3	1	7.2	2	14.4	4	9.7	0.7
Monte Patria	5	15.5	1	3.1	5	15.4	11	11.3	1.6
Punitaqui	2	16.8	1	8.3	3	24.7	6	16.6	1.8
Río Hurtado	1	22.9	1	22.9	1	22.9	3	22.9	2.3
Illapel	3	9.3	3	9.2	5	15.2	11	11.2	1
Canela	2	21.1	3	31.5	0	0.0	5	17.5	2.1
Los Vilos	2	8.8	3	13.0	3	12.8	8	11.6	0.93
Salamanca	4	14.1	6	20.9	2	6.9	12	13.9	1.5
Other commune	2	--	6	--	1	--	9	--
Coquimbo Region	64	9.2	72	10.2	72	10	208	9.8	9.6²

SMR, standardized mortality ratio.

¹SMR obtained by indirect standardization technique, considering the national rate, according to age group, as the standard rate.

²Regional age-standardized rates, calculated by direct methods, taking the national population as the standard.

Source of the national rate: https://www.minsal.cl/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Herramientas_SaludMental_Sept2021.pdf.

Source: Prepared by the authors from the Legal Medical Service records, Coquimbo Region.