INDICADORES DE PREVALÊNCIA EM TENTATIVAS DE SUICÍDIO POR INTOXICAÇÃO DE MEDICAMENTOS. UMA QUESTÃO DE SAÚDE PÚBLICA

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.64219131116

• Palavras-chave: Substâncias psicoativas; Dependência psicológica; Morbidade; Intoxicação.

• Keywords: Psychoactive Substances; Psychological dependence; Morbidity; Intoxication.

• Abstract:

  Suicide has alarming numbers, worldwide, especially drug intoxication is

  pointed as one of the main causes due to its easy access. The aim of the study was

  to analyze the prevalence of suicide attempts by drug intoxication with emphasis on

  detecting the profile of the most affected population. This is a retrospective ecological

  study with a quantitative approach, based on data obtained from the Ministry of Health’s

  DATASUS and tabulated on TABNET, on cases of suicide attempts due to drug poisoning

  from 2007 to 2017, in Rio Grande do Sul. South, Brazil. A total of 7,848 suicide attempts

  were recorded due to varying circumstances. Drug poisoning represented the main

  means of suicide, representing 70.46% (n = 5,530) of the cases. Of these 5530, 66.31%

  (n = 3,667) of the individuals had acute single exposure. Still on the 5530 individuals,

  the most affected age range was from 20 to 39 years old with 48.91% (n = 2,705) of

  the cases, being the female with 78.11% (n = 4,320) of the cases and the individuals

  with white race with 82.07% (n = 4,539) of the cases. In addition, 94.32% (n = 5,216)

  of suicide attempt cases showed no significant relationship between intoxication and

  work exposure. Among the 5530 cases of drug poisoning, most evolved to cure without

  evidence of sequels: 82.04% (n = 4,537). Conclusions: Purposeful ingestion was mostly

  used excessively and only, a common feature in self-extermination.

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