OBJECTIVE: To review the estimated suicide rates for the Region Metropolitan, the main socio-political center in Chile, for the period 1979-1994, and to determine whether they follow a seasonal pattern. METHOD: Data available for the period 1979-94 at the Forensic Services in Chile was analyzed using ANOVA. RESULTS: It was register 5.386 suicides. While the "warm" months (October, November, December & January) concentrated 39.0% of cases, the so called "cold" months reported 28,7%. This contrast is made even clearer by the month-to-month analysis, showing the highest suicide rate in December (10.9%) against the lowest rate in June (7.0%). Further statistical analysis revealed these differences to be significant. CONCLUSION: The study shows ...
Aims We aimed to investigate the heterogeneity of seasonal suicide patterns among multiple geograph...
Hemos llevado a cabo un estudio epidemiológico descriptivo de las muertes de tipo suicida en Tarapac...
[[abstract]]AIMS: We aimed to investigate the heterogeneity of seasonal suicide patterns among multi...
OBJECTIVE: To review the estimated suicide rates for the Region Metropolitan, the main socio-politic...
OBJECTIVE: To review the estimated suicide rates for the Region Metropolitan, the main socio-politic...
Background: Studies in the northern and southern hemispheres consistently identified seasonal influe...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate suicide seasonality in the city of São Paulo within an urban area and tropica...
Background: Suicide is a public health problem in the world. In Chile, suicide rates increased since...
Most of what is known about the seasonal variation in suicide rate originates from studies conducted...
Introduction: It presents the update of an epidemiologic descriptive study of deaths by suicide tha...
Introduction: this study investigates the evolution of mortality from suicide and suicide attempts i...
Historically, seasonal variations in suicide rates were thought to be associated with changes in wea...
Objective: Considering the scarcity of reports from intertropical latitudes and the Southern Hemisph...
Several studies have confirmed seasonal variation in suicide rates according to hours of sunshine. T...
Background: To examine the seasonality of suicides in Australia and New Zealand during the period 19...
Aims We aimed to investigate the heterogeneity of seasonal suicide patterns among multiple geograph...
Hemos llevado a cabo un estudio epidemiológico descriptivo de las muertes de tipo suicida en Tarapac...
[[abstract]]AIMS: We aimed to investigate the heterogeneity of seasonal suicide patterns among multi...
OBJECTIVE: To review the estimated suicide rates for the Region Metropolitan, the main socio-politic...
OBJECTIVE: To review the estimated suicide rates for the Region Metropolitan, the main socio-politic...
Background: Studies in the northern and southern hemispheres consistently identified seasonal influe...
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate suicide seasonality in the city of São Paulo within an urban area and tropica...
Background: Suicide is a public health problem in the world. In Chile, suicide rates increased since...
Most of what is known about the seasonal variation in suicide rate originates from studies conducted...
Introduction: It presents the update of an epidemiologic descriptive study of deaths by suicide tha...
Introduction: this study investigates the evolution of mortality from suicide and suicide attempts i...
Historically, seasonal variations in suicide rates were thought to be associated with changes in wea...
Objective: Considering the scarcity of reports from intertropical latitudes and the Southern Hemisph...
Several studies have confirmed seasonal variation in suicide rates according to hours of sunshine. T...
Background: To examine the seasonality of suicides in Australia and New Zealand during the period 19...
Aims We aimed to investigate the heterogeneity of seasonal suicide patterns among multiple geograph...
Hemos llevado a cabo un estudio epidemiológico descriptivo de las muertes de tipo suicida en Tarapac...
[[abstract]]AIMS: We aimed to investigate the heterogeneity of seasonal suicide patterns among multi...