ABSTRACT
Objective
To characterize suicide attempts and suicides in a city in Northwestern Paraná State, attended in the pre-hospital care.
Methods
Descriptive, cross-sectional study, performed with pre-hospital care records to 257 victims of suicide and suicide attempt, in the period in 2005 to 2012, through two-dimensional analysis by chi-square.
Results
There were 180 attempted suicides and 76 suicides. The age ranged 13-93 years, mean 33.5 ± 15.1 years and most prevalent in young male population. The events concentrated on the months of spring and summer, in the urban area. The use of biting object was the most used method, followed by poisoning and precipitation high places.
Conclusion
To know the characteristics, methods and aggravating factors provide subsidies for the implementation of prevention measures.
Suicide attempted; suicide; pre-hospital care; epidemiology