A descriptive study of suicide in the county of S. Paulo (Brazil) from 1959 to 1968

Authors

  • Victório Barbosa Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Saúde Pública; Departamento de Epidemiologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101974000100001

Keywords:

Suicide, Mortality, Epidemiology

Abstract

Based in the official data it was made an epidemiological retrospective descritive study about the mortality caused by suicide in the county of S. Paulo, Brazil. This study also includes the trends of some epidemiological characters for this couse of death, from 1959 to 1968, which are: exogenous causes, chronologic distribution, monthly distribution and distribution in sex and age.

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Published

1974-03-01

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 1 (1974)

Section

Original Articles

How to Cite

Barbosa, V. (1974). A descriptive study of suicide in the county of S. Paulo (Brazil) from 1959 to 1968 . Revista De Saúde Pública, 8(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101974000100001