Uma vida sem sentido? uma abordagem sobre a incidência de suicídios em Goiânia

Abstract

Since man began his experience in the community, violence has always been present. And suicide, as an expression of this violence, began to permeate people's imagination and daily life. Although each human being has their motivations for such an act, understanding all the characteristics of suicide can reveal about the fundamental values of a society, since it affects both the individual and his social segment. With countless cases in Brazil and in the world today, suicide has turned into a silent epidemic, configuring a serious public health problem, and in Goiânia it is no different. Thus, it is imperative to study the topic in question, with all its theoretical nuances, seeking an analysis of the statistical data attributed by public health authorities. The main objective of this study is to try to identify the suicide profile in the capital of the State of Goiás, collecting and cataloging sociodemographic data of victims of self-extermination, investigating how this information can influence suicidal ideation and the formation of risk factors, among others. For this purpose, data from the Mortality Information System (SIM), from the Department of Analysis and Data Tabulation of the Unified Health System (DATASUS), from the Ministry of Health. The analyzed period comprises the years 2009 to 2019. The data were analyzed in terms of simple absolute (absolute numbers) and relative (proportions, ratios and rates) frequencies. The 10th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) was also adopted, in the grouping of external causes, with the denomination of “voluntary self-harm”, with codes X60 to X84. Thus, the following sociodemographic information was observed: age, gender, education level, race / color and methods used to commit self-extermination. For ethical reasons, the victims' identities were preserved. In a general context, there was a gradual increase in the years evaluated, starting from 102 deaths in 2009 and reaching 142 deaths in 2019, totaling 1155 suicides in the studied period, being 841 males and 314 females.