Table 1.
Incidence rates per 100,000, frequencies and percentages of suicides by method in Brazil in 2000, 2017, and change from 2000 to 2017
| 2000–2017 | 2000 | 2017 | Change: 2000–2017 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | Rate (95% CI) | n (%) | Rate (95% CI) | n (%) | Rate (95% CI) | n (%)a | Rate difference | |
| Total | ||||||||
| Any method | 167,448 (100.0) | 5.56 (5.54–5.58) | 6658 (100.0) | 4.59 (4.48–4.71) | 12,450 (100.0) | 6.53 (6.41–6.66) | 5792 (87.0) | 1.94 |
| Self-poisoning: drugs/alcohol | 7131 (4.3) | 0.25 (0.24–0.25) | 187 (2.8) | 0.14 (0.12–0.16) | 649 (5.2) | 0.35 (0.33–0.38) | 462 (247.1) | 0.22 |
| Self-poisoning: pesticides | 10,334 (6.2) | 0.35 (0.34–0.35) | 406 (6.1) | 0.30 (0.27–0.33) | 445 (3.6) | 0.23 (0.21–0.25) | 39 (9.6) | − 0.07 |
| Self-poisoning: other poisons | 6161 (3.7) | 0.21 (0.2–0.21) | 311 (4.7) | 0.22 (0.19–0.25) | 310 (2.5) | 0.16 (0.14–0.18) | − 1 (− 0.3) | − 0.06 |
| Hanging/asphyxiation | 102,196 (61.0) | 3.39 (3.37–3.4) | 3433 (51.6) | 2.33 (2.25–2.42) | 8660 (69.6) | 4.59 (4.49–4.69) | 5227 (152.3) | 2.26 |
| Firearms | 19,976 (11.9) | 0.66 (0.66–0.67) | 1311 (19.7) | 0.93 (0.87–0.98) | 959 (7.7) | 0.47 (0.44–0.50) | − 352 (− 26.8) | − 0.46 |
| Jumping from high place | 5947 (3.6) | 0.20 (0.19–0.2.0) | 147 (2.2) | 0.10 (0.09–0.12) | 463 (3.7) | 0.24 (0.22–0.27) | 316 (215.0) | 0.14 |
| Other | 10,828 (6.5) | 0.35 (0.34–0.35) | 510 (7.7) | 0.34 (0.31–0.37) | 667 (5.4) | 0.32 (0.30–0.35) | 157 (30.8) | − 0.02 |
| Unspecified | 4875 (2.9) | 0.16 (0.16–0.16) | 353 (5.3) | 0.25 (0.22–0.28) | 297 (2.4) | 0.15 (0.13–0.17) | − 56 (− 15.9) | − 0.10 |
| Female | ||||||||
| Any method | 35,365 (100.0) | 2.33 (2.3–2.35) | 1358 (100.0) | 1.87 (1.76–1.97) | 2656 (100.0) | 2.8 (2.68–2.91) | 1298 (95.6) | 0.93 |
| Self-poisoning: drugs/alcohol | 3577 (10.1) | 0.24 (0.24–0.25) | 92 (6.8) | 0.13 (0.11–0.16) | 334 (12.6) | 0.35 (0.31–0.39) | 242 (263.0) | 0.22 |
| Self-poisoning: pesticides | 3634 (10.3) | 0.26 (0.25–0.27) | 114 (8.4) | 0.18 (0.14–0.21) | 156 (5.9) | 0.17 (0.14–0.20) | 42 (36.8) | 0.00 |
| Self-poisoning: other poisons | 2218 (6.3) | 0.15 (0.15–0.16) | 110 (8.1) | 0.16 (0.13–0.19) | 122 (4.6) | 0.12 (0.10–0.15) | 12 (10.9) | − 0.03 |
| Hanging/asphyxiation | 16,582 (46.9) | 1.08 (1.06–1.09) | 541 (39.8) | 0.71 (0.65–0.77) | 1518 (57.2) | 1.63 (1.55–1.72) | 977 (180.6) | 0.93 |
| Firearms | 2214 (6.3) | 0.16 (0.15–0.16) | 174 (12.8) | 0.26 (0.22–0.30) | 111 (4.2) | 0.12 (0.10–0.15) | − 63 (− 36.2) | − 0.14 |
| Jumping from high place | 2143 (6.1) | 0.13 (0.13–0.14) | 55 (4.1) | 0.07 (0.05–0.09) | 138 (5.2) | 0.14 (0.12–0.17) | 83 (150.9) | 0.07 |
| Other | 3528 (10.0) | 0.21 (0.21–0.22) | 185 (13.6) | 0.24 (0.21–0.28) | 175 (6.6) | 0.16 (0.13–0.18) | − 10 (− 5.4) | − 0.09 |
| Unspecified | 1469 (4.2) | 0.09 (0.09–0.10) | 87 (6.4) | 0.12 (0.10–0.15) | 102 (3.8) | 0.1 (0.08–0.12) | 15 (17.2) | − 0.02 |
| Male | ||||||||
| Any method | 132,083 (100.0) | 8.97 (8.92–9.03) | 5300 (100.0) | 7.48 (7.28–7.69) | 9794 (100.0) | 10.43 (10.21–10.65) | 4494 (84.8) | 2.94 |
| Self-poisoning: drugs/alcohol | 3554 (2.7) | 0.25 (0.24–0.26) | 95 (1.8) | 0.14 (0.11–0.17) | 315 (3.2) | 0.36 (0.32–0.40) | 220 (231.6) | 0.22 |
| Self-poisoning: pesticides | 6700 (5.1) | 0.45 (0.44–0.46) | 292 (5.5) | 0.43 (0.38–0.48) | 289 (3.0) | 0.29 (0.25–0.33) | − 3 (− 1.0) | − 0.14 |
| Self-poisoning: other poisons | 3943 (3.0) | 0.27 (0.26–0.28) | 201 (3.8) | 0.29 (0.25–0.33) | 188 (1.9) | 0.19 (0.17–0.23) | − 13 (− 6.5) | − 0.09 |
| Hanging/asphyxiation | 85,614 (64.8) | 5.83 (5.79–5.87) | 2892 (54.6) | 4.05 (3.89–4.2) | 7142 (72.9) | 7.7 (7.51–7.89) | 4250 (147.0) | 3.65 |
| Firearms | 17,762 (13.4) | 1.20 (1.18–1.21) | 1137 (21.5) | 1.62 (1.53–1.73) | 848 (8.7) | 0.84 (0.78–0.90) | − 289 (− 25.4) | − 0.79 |
| Jumping from high place | 3804 (2.9) | 0.26 (0.25–0.27) | 92 (1.7) | 0.13 (0.11–0.16) | 325 (3.3) | 0.35 (0.31–0.39) | 233 (253.3) | 0.22 |
| Other | 7300 (5.5) | 0.48 (0.47–0.50) | 325 (6.1) | 0.44 (0.39–0.50) | 492 (5.0) | 0.50 (0.45–0.55) | 167 (51.4) | 0.06 |
| Unspecified | 3406 (2.6) | 0.23 (0.22–0.24) | 266 (5.0) | 0.38 (0.33–0.43) | 195 (2.0) | 0.20 (0.17–0.23) | − 71 (− 26.7) | − 0.18 |
Rate rate per 100,000, CI confidence interval
aPercentage values reflect the difference in number of suicides within a given stratum expressed as a proportion of suicides in 2000 for the stratum