Characteristics of People committing

Objectives Describing the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of a group of individuals who committed suicide in the city of Medellín between 2000 and 2003; identifying possible groups within the suicides ’ socio-demo-graphic and clinical characteristics. Methods The sample consisted of 108 individuals who had committed sui-cide in Medellín; psychological autopsy was carried out and their character-istics were described. Multiple correspondence analysis was used for identi-fying the different groups. Results 50 % of the individuals were aged less than 29 and 79,4 % were male. The most frequently employed method for committing suicide was hanging (47,2 %); 68,5 % had expressed a wish to die and 35,2 % had pre-viously attempted suicide. Three axes were identified for expressing the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics. Conclusions The characteristics found in this study were similar to those re