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

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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

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Frequency of methods used for suicide attempts and completed suicide by gender. Coquimbo Region from 2018 to 2020.

	Suicide attempts						Suicide
Used method	Gender				Total attempts		Gender				Total suicides
Used method	Female		Male		Total attempts		Female		Male		Total suicides
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Hanging	75	39.5	115	60.5	190	10.7	21	10.8	173	89.2	194	89.4
Alcohol	0	0	2	100	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Firearm	3	30.0	7	70	10	0.6	1	9.1	10	90.9	11	5.1
Drugs	1	100	0	0	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fire	1	100	0	0	1	0.1	0	0	2	100	2	0.9
Cutting injury	170	59.6	115	40.4	285	16	1	100	0	0	1	0.5
Toxins/poison ingestion	29	38.7	46	61.3	75	4.2	0	0	4	100	4	1.8
Medications	779	75.5	253	24.5	1032	57.9	0	0	0	0	0	0
High altitude jumping	15	55.6	12	44.4	27	1.5	0	0	1	100	1	0.5
Gas	4	44.4	5	55.6	9	0.5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Moving vehicle	10	55.6	8	44.4	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Asphyxiation by immersion	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100	0	0	1	0.5
Asphyxiation by immersion	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100	1	0.5
Other	23	54.8	19	45.2	42	2.4	0	0	2	100	2	0.9
No information	46	51.7	43	48.3	89	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	1156	64.9	625	35.1	1781	100	24	11.1	193	88.9	217	100

Pearson Chi-square: difference in method distribution between genders for suicide attempts p < 0.001 and suicide p = 0.026.

Source: Prepared by the authors from the records of the Legal Medical Service and the Ministry of Health, Coquimbo Region.