Suicide attempt in residents of São Paulo: epidemiological aspects

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the epidemiological profile of suicide attempts in the population living in the city of São Paulo during 2015. Method: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study. The collection period occurred between January and December 2015, the eligible data base was the website of the Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System (Datasus), for analysis of the notifications recorded in the SIVVA/Sinan, and frequency measurements of the variables were calculated. Result: 910 suicide attempts were identified, 44, 5% female and 55.5% male. About the age group 3.2% were children (0 to 9 years old); 22.3% adolescents (10 to 19 years of age); 72.1% adults (20 to 59 years of age) and 2.4% elderly (60 years and older). With regard to the variable race/color; white (36.7%), black/brown (37.9%), indigenous (0.4%), yellow (0.3%) and the other data were ignored. Conclusion: the study showed that suicide attempts occur mainly among the adult population, emphasizing the need to reinforce the need for health services to be sensitive to their record regarding the care to be promoted, due to their magnitude.