Bibliographic citations
Horruitiner, A., González, A. (2020). Asociación entre Altitud y Suicidio a nivel distrital entre los años 2017 y 2019 en Perú [Tesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)]. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/659338
Horruitiner, A., González, A. Asociación entre Altitud y Suicidio a nivel distrital entre los años 2017 y 2019 en Perú [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC); 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/659338
@misc{renati/1291863,
title = "Asociación entre Altitud y Suicidio a nivel distrital entre los años 2017 y 2019 en Perú",
author = "González Valle, Alonso Franco",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC)",
year = "2020"
}
Introduction: Suicide affects public health worldwide, about 800,000 people commit suicide annually. Various studies have shown a positive association between altitude and suicide. Environmental factors related to suicidal behavior have been found. This study sought to evaluate the association between altitude and suicide at the district level in the period 2017-2019 in Peru. Material and methods: An ecological study was carried out based on the analysis of the databases of the National Information System of Deaths (SINADEF) and the National Institute of Statistics and Information (INEI) at the district level in Peru between the years 2017-2019. The analyzes were made with the statistical package STATA 14®. The incidence rate per 10,000 inhabitants was calculated, both at the national and departmental levels. In addition, the Kruskall-Wallis test was used and a negative binomial type multiple regression analysis was performed. Results: 1661 suicide reports were included in 530 districts. The suicide incidence rate was 0.57 per 10,000 inhabitants nationwide. A positive association was found between altitude and suicide (p <0.05) with the residence altitude of 1499 to 3499 masl (RRa: 2.1) and with the altitude of 3500 to 5000 masl (RRa: 1.9) in comparison with altitude from 0 to 1499 masl respectively, adjusted for poverty quintiles and the proportion of men in total suicides. Conclusions: A positive association between altitude and suicide was found in Peru after adjusting for potential confounding variables.
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