Epidemiologic Characteristics of Suicide in Panama, 2007–2016
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Data Sources
2.2. Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Demographic Characteristics
3.2. Unadjusted Suicide Mortality Rates
3.3. Years of Potential Life Lost
3.4. Exploratory Correlation with the Multidimensional Poverty Index
4. Discussion
Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Age Group, Years | Suicide-Related Deaths, n (%) | Male-to-Female Ratio | ||
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Total a | Males b | Females b | ||
10–19 | 184 (13) | 123 (67) | 61 (33) | 2.01 |
20–29 | 396 (27) | 342(86) | 54 (14) | 6.33 |
30–39 | 294 (20) | 268 (91) | 26 (9) | 10.31 |
40–49 | 206 (14) | 179 (87) | 27 (13) | 6.23 |
50–59 | 152 (10) | 134 (88) | 18 (12) | 7.44 |
60–69 | 105 (8) | 97 (92) | 8 (8) | 12.12 |
70–79 | 75 (5) | 67 (89) | 8 (11) | 8.35 |
≥80 | 44 (3) | 39 (89) | 5 (11) | 7.80 |
Total | 1475 (100) | 1268 (86) | 207 (14) | 6.12 |
Unadjusted Suicide Mortality Rates (per 100,000 Population) | |||
---|---|---|---|
Year | Total | Males | Females |
2007 | 4.21 | 8.52 | 1.22 |
2008 | 4.68 | 8.65 | 1.82 |
2009 | 4.55 | 8.28 | 1.56 |
2010 | 3.95 | 7.11 | 1.15 |
2011 | 3.80 | 6.68 | 1.03 |
2012 | 3.63 | 6.15 | 0.96 |
2013 | 3.55 | 6.05 | 0.68 |
2014 | 4.08 | 6.46 | 1.03 |
2015 | 3.11 | 4.56 | 0.96 |
2016 | 3.54 | 5.28 | 0.80 |
Unadjusted Suicide Mortality Rates (per 100,000 Population) for Age Groups (Years) | ||||||||
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Year | 10–19 | 20–29 | 30–39 | 40–49 | 50–59 | 60–69 | 70–79 | ≥80 |
2007 | 2.34 | 7.48 | 6.61 | 8.21 | 6.92 | 6.94 | 6.19 | 10.51 |
2008 | 4.63 | 9.93 | 5.76 | 5.38 | 5.95 | 8.37 | 7.94 | 6.01 |
2009 | 3.81 | 7.84 | 8.06 | 3.86 | 6.05 | 9.70 | 6.69 | 1.91 |
2010 | 2.41 | 6.45 | 5.61 | 6.85 | 3.55 | 5.72 | 5.52 | 10.93 |
2011 | 2.38 | 6.06 | 4.47 | 6.02 | 4.33 | 5.51 | 6.20 | 10.42 |
2012 | 2.35 | 6.82 | 4.42 | 2.94 | 3.86 | 4.83 | 8.53 | 8.28 |
2013 | 2.18 | 4.18 | 5.07 | 4.09 | 5.15 | 4.65 | 7.39 | 4.74 |
2014 | 3.73 | 6.69 | 4.15 | 1.80 | 3.59 | 1.34 | 7.11 | 6.03 |
2015 | 1.28 | 4.89 | 4.62 | 2.54 | 4.00 | 2.15 | 3.04 | 8.63 |
2016 | 2.25 | 4.52 | 3.90 | 3.26 | 3.61 | 4.13 | 6.59 | 6.87 |
Year | Years of Life Lost | |||
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Males | Females | Total | Total (per 1000 pop.) | |
2007 | 10,947.2 | 1665.17 | 12,968.5 | 4.69 |
2008 | 11,333.2 | 2544.86 | 14,221.6 | 5.04 |
2009 | 11,059.4 | 2233.14 | 13,642.1 | 4.74 |
2010 | 9678.7 | 1679.50 | 11,677.9 | 3.97 |
2011 | 9256.9 | 1523.55 | 11,091.0 | 3.70 |
2012 | 8686.2 | 1446.97 | 10,424.2 | 3.41 |
2013 | 8709.2 | 1047.50 | 10,063.7 | 3.22 |
2014 | 9479.7 | 1615.14 | 11,408.7 | 3.59 |
2015 | 6811.8 | 1537.63 | 8558.7 | 2.64 |
2016 | 8032.6 | 1297.47 | 9594.1 | 2.90 |
Administrative Region | 10-Year Unadjusted Suicide Mortality Rate | 2018 Global MPI |
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Provinces | ||
Bocas del Toro | 3.82 | 0.179 |
Coclé | 5.15 | 0.079 |
Colon | 1.86 | 0.062 |
Chiriquí | 6.06 | 0.045 |
Darién | 3.67 | 0.146 |
Herrera | 6.95 | 0.017 |
Los Santos | 10.27 | 0.014 |
Panamá | 2.79 | 0.037 |
Veraguas | 6.81 | 0.071 |
Comarcas a | ||
Guna Yala | 1.37 | 0.468 |
Emberá Wounaan | 0.96 | 0.288 |
Ngäbe Buglé | 6.17 | 0.469 |
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Núñez-Samudio, V.; Jiménez-Domínguez, A.; López Castillo, H.; Landires, I. Epidemiologic Characteristics of Suicide in Panama, 2007–2016. Medicina 2020, 56, 442. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina56090442
Núñez-Samudio V, Jiménez-Domínguez A, López Castillo H, Landires I. Epidemiologic Characteristics of Suicide in Panama, 2007–2016. Medicina. 2020; 56(9):442. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina56090442
Chicago/Turabian StyleNúñez-Samudio, Virginia, Aris Jiménez-Domínguez, Humberto López Castillo, and Iván Landires. 2020. "Epidemiologic Characteristics of Suicide in Panama, 2007–2016" Medicina 56, no. 9: 442. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina56090442