Epidemiological behavior of suicide attempt in Colombian adolescents years 2016-2019: An ecological study.
Lauren Camila Murillo Gutiérrez, Mónica Paola Quemba Mesa, Leidy Yemile Vargas Rodríguez and 2 others
PMID 36449926WHAT IT FOUND
Reported suicide attempts among Colombian adolescents rose from 11.7 to 19.0 cases per 10,000 population between 2016 and 2019, and girls accounted for 76.7% of cases.
Key findings
01Of 32,076 analyzed reports of adolescent suicide attempts in Colombia from 2016 to 2019, 76.7% involved female adolescents.
02The reported rate rose from 11.7 to 19.0 cases per 10,000 inhabitants between 2016 and 2019.
03Living in a municipal capital was associated with attempted suicide (OR 1.423), while being male was associated with lower odds (OR 0.290).
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What it does not show
The study analyzed only suicide attempt cases that were reported to the national database, so cases that were not reported or not validated are not included. Important context such as family circumstances, school background, and prior history was not available in the database. The ecological design and crude comparisons could not control confounding, and multivariate logistic regression was not possible because statistical requirements were not met. The study describes associations and trends in reported cases; it cannot show that living in a capital, being female, or a vulnerability condition caused suicide attempts.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read these associations as proof that living in a capital causes suicide attempts or that male sex prevents them. The study analyzed reported cases only and did not meet statistical requirements for multivariate adjustment, so confounding cannot be controlled.