Concepts and definitions:
Refers to the number of deaths of inhabitants from self-inflicted wounds, in the resident population of a given geographical space, in the year considered.
Method of calculation:
Numerator: number of deaths from voluntarily self-inflicted wounds (ICD-10 codes X60 to X84 and Y87.0), according to age group, sex, locality of residence and year of death.
Denominator: resident population according to age group, sex, locality and year.
Constant: 100,000
Unit of measure:
Deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants
Variables which compose the indicator, their respective sources and producing institutions:
Number of deaths from voluntarily self-inflicted wounds (ICD-10 codes X60 to X84 and Y87.0)
SIM - Mortality Information System
Municipal Secretariat of Health (SMS) and Ministry of Health (MS)
TCU Ministry of Health/SVSA/DAENT/CGIAE
IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics)
Número de óbitos por lesões autoprovocadas voluntariamente (códigos da Classificação Internacional de Doenças-10 de X60 a X84 e Y87.0)
Sistema de Informações sobre Mortalidade (SIM)
Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU) Ministério da Saúde/Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde e Ambiente/Departamento de Atenção Especializada e Temática/Coordenação Geral de Informação, Análise e Estratégia (SVSA/DAENT/CGIAE)
Ministério da Saúde e Secretaria Municipal de Saúde (MS/SMS)
Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE)
References:
MIRON, Oren et al. Suicide rates among adolescents and young adults in the United States, 2000-2017. Jama, v. 321, n. 23, p. 2362-2364, 2019.
STONE, Deborah M.; JONES, Christopher M.; MACK, Karin A. Changes in suicide rates—United States, 2018–2019. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, v. 70, n. 8, p. 261, 2021.
