- Part 1 Suicide in a Religious and Cross-cultural Perspective
- part 2 The Magnitude and Implication of Suicide and Attempted Suicide
- Part 3 Theories of Suicidal Behaviour
- Part 4 Political Determinants of Suicide
- Part 5 Social and Economic Determinants of Suicide
- Part 6 Psychiatric and Somatic Determinants of Suicide
- Part 7 Suicide Risk Assessment
- Part 8 Cost of Suicide and Prevention Strategies
- Part 9 Health Care Strategies
- Part 10 Public Health Strategies
- Part 11 Survivors of Suicide Loss
- Part 12 Young People and Suicide
- Part 13 Elderly People and Suicide
- Part 14 Networking in Suicide Research and Prevention
- Part 15 Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents
- Part 15A Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: Africa
- Part 15B Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: Asia
- Part 15C Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: Australia and New Zealand
- Part 15D Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: Europe
- Part 15E Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: North America
- Part 15F Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: South America
- Chapter 128 Suicide prevention in South America
- Chapter 129 Suicide prevention in Argentina
- Chapter 130 Suicide prevention in Brazil
- Chapter 131 Suicide prevention in Chile
- Chapter 132 Suicide prevention in Cuba
- Chapter 133 Suicide prevention in Peru
- Chapter 134 Suicide prevention in Uruguay
Suicide prevention in Brazil
- Chapter:
- Suicide prevention in Brazil
- Author(s):
Neury J Botega
, Carlos Felipe Almeida D'Oliveira
, and José M Bertolote
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780198570059.003.0130
Brazil is the largest, and most populous, country in South America (population estimated in 2005 at 185 million). The low suicide rate in Brazil (around 4 per 100,000 inhabitants/year) is similar to those of most South American countries; however, in some population groups, such as farmers and male adolescents in the Rio Grande do Sul state, and for youngsters living in urban areas and indigenous groups, the rates are considerably higher. In spite of the low national suicide rate, the total number of suicides in 2005 was 8550, which places Brazil amongst the countries with the highest number of suicide deaths (Souza et al. 2002; Oliveira and Lotufo Neto 2003; Brasil—Ministerio da Saude 2006a).
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- Part 1 Suicide in a Religious and Cross-cultural Perspective
- part 2 The Magnitude and Implication of Suicide and Attempted Suicide
- Part 3 Theories of Suicidal Behaviour
- Part 4 Political Determinants of Suicide
- Part 5 Social and Economic Determinants of Suicide
- Part 6 Psychiatric and Somatic Determinants of Suicide
- Part 7 Suicide Risk Assessment
- Part 8 Cost of Suicide and Prevention Strategies
- Part 9 Health Care Strategies
- Part 10 Public Health Strategies
- Part 11 Survivors of Suicide Loss
- Part 12 Young People and Suicide
- Part 13 Elderly People and Suicide
- Part 14 Networking in Suicide Research and Prevention
- Part 15 Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents
- Part 15A Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: Africa
- Part 15B Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: Asia
- Part 15C Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: Australia and New Zealand
- Part 15D Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: Europe
- Part 15E Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: North America
- Part 15F Examples of How to Develop Suicide Prevention on all the Continents: South America
- Chapter 128 Suicide prevention in South America
- Chapter 129 Suicide prevention in Argentina
- Chapter 130 Suicide prevention in Brazil
- Chapter 131 Suicide prevention in Chile
- Chapter 132 Suicide prevention in Cuba
- Chapter 133 Suicide prevention in Peru
- Chapter 134 Suicide prevention in Uruguay