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- Title
Perfil sociodemográfico del suicida en México de 1990 a 2011.
- Authors
De Léon Palomo, Omar Alejandro; Sotelo, Karla Villarreal
- Abstract
Suicide is an antisocial behaviour that has prevailed since the beginning of the history of mankind. The overall objective of this research was to determine the socio-demographic inductive profile of suicide in Mexico. The data on suicides in Mexico were obtained from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) in the period from 1990 to 2011. The profile obtained was: suicides committed in Mexico are by males (83.12%), aged between 20 and 24 years (16.85%), singles (42.48%), with primary education (23.11%), with a job (64.17%). Suicides take place at home (68.2%), and the most commonly used methods are hanging, strangulation, and suffocation (75.08%). This socio-demographic profile reveals some factors influencing this antisocial behaviour and some of Mexico's population risk factors on committing suicide, allowing for the timely implementation of preventive measures.
- Subjects
MEXICO; SOCIOLOGY of suicide; SUICIDE risk factors; DELINQUENT behavior; CRIMINAL behavior; DEMOGRAPHY -- Social aspects; POPULATION
- Publication
Rivista di Criminologia, Vittimologia e Sicurezza, 2013, Vol 7, Issue 3, p4
- ISSN
1971-033X
- Publication type
Article