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Cuadernos de Medicina Forense
versión On-line ISSN 1988-611Xversión impresa ISSN 1135-7606
Resumen
SAEZ RODRIGUEZ, J.; LACHICA LOPEZ, E. y GIRELA LOPEZ, E.. Epidemiological study of suicide in the Priego de Córdoba court registry office between 1960 and 1990. Cuad. med. forense [online]. 2012, vol.18, n.3-4, pp.103-109. ISSN 1988-611X. https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S1135-76062012000300003.
Suicide behaviour is a real publichealth problem, as the World Health Organization (WHO) has been warning since some years. Our work is an epidemiological study of mortality due to suicide in a historical series of cases between 1960 to 1990. Suicide cases were extracted from data in regional archives and from autopsy reports in the Priego de Córdoba court registry office, located among the territories of Córdoba and Granada. The number of suicides in this area triples the average of suicides in Spain during this period. The most common method used was hanging, doubling the average of this category in Spain. Our results with statistical significance were: Suicide occurred more frequently in males, and in the 50-59 year old population. With relation to temporal distribution, suicides were more frequent in spring and summer, as well as more frequent between 8:00 and 16:00 hours.
Palabras clave : Suicide; Epidemiological study; Self-injurious behaviour.