Estudio médico legal del suicidio en España en el periodo 2000-2012
- María del Mar Robledo Acinas
- I. Koutsourais
- A. López-Cerón
- M. Serrano
- J. Villareal
- D. Martín
ISSN: 2224-4131
Year of publication: 2015
Year: 12
Issue: 39
Type: Article
More publications in: Derecho y Cambio Social
Abstract
Regarding the suicide as a cause of death, in this study we start from the assumption that the number os suicides in the XXI century in Spain has changed trough time and considering the age, sex and method used. Having gotten the results from the national statistics institute, we have proved that our hypothesis was correct, observing firstly a higher prevalence among men than women. Regarding the age, the most common group to comit suicide are those between 30 and 40 years old, with little variation over time. Comparing the different methods that are used, we see a predominance of hanging among men, and jumping from a high spot among women, being the other methods far less common. If we study the variation through time of the suicide in general, we may observe an increase from 2005, becoming unwavering, with little variation, from this date.