Abstract

VALDES VENTO, Ana Carmen  and  MONTANO DIAZ, Marco A.. Mortalidad por suicidio en la provincia de Pinar del Río. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2003, vol.19, n.1. ISSN 0864-2125.

A retrospective descriptive research work on the situation of mortality from suicide in Pinar del Río province during 2001 was carried out based on a group of selected variables. All the deaths form this cause, which amounted to 110 persons for a rate of 14.9 per 100 000 pop, were studied. Suicide was the seventh cause of death in the province. It should be underlined that males prevailed, the incidence of the elderly was high and that Sandino municipality had no death from suicide in this year whereas Viñales municipality showed the highest number of deceased, with a mortality rate of 26 per 100 000 pop.

Keywords : SUICIDE [epidemiology]; SUICIDE [mortality]; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; MORTALITY RATE.