Epidemiological Study of Suicide Cases between Youth and Adults from 2010 to 2018 in Cacoal City, Rondonia, Brazil

Abstract

Suicide is considered a universal human phenomenon and represents a huge public health problem worldwide. Suicide has been characterized by self-directed behavior ranging from suicidal idealization to fatal aggression, that is, where the victim decides to take his own life to relieve a psychological pain that is often considered unbearable. The objective of this research is to verify the incidence of suicide cases in young people and adults in the city of Cacoal-RO from 2010 to 2018. The methodology used was a form developed by the researchers to collect data, containing 10 questions, based on In the notification form, the research is a retrospective, cross-sectional, documentary, descriptive study with a quantitative approach. In the municipality of Cacoal-RO, 41 cases were reported being male (75.6%) and female (24.4%) in the age group 19-54 corresponding to 70.7%, the race with 53.65% brown, having completed elementary school 39.0% and belonging to the urban area 78.05%, being used in 78.05% of victims hanging as a means of aggression. It is concluded that the incidence of suicide within the municipality of Cacoal-RO can be considered high generating a rate of 0.521 / 1000 / inhabitants with an average annual rate of 4.55 / year (2010-2018). Of great concern, therefore, most deaths occurred among males aged 19-54, thus it is observed that prevention is still the best alternative, however there is no other way to talk and guide the population from which suicide can be prevented, so the mortality rate (0.521 / 1000 / inhabitants) may decrease. As mentioned, the secretary of education, social care, and municipal health secretary must partner with strategies to prevent and bring information to schools, the community, the university, churches, so that they both join the life preservation campaign.