- 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
(p. 845) Suicide prevention in Cuba
- Chapter:
- (p. 845) Suicide prevention in Cuba
- Author(s):
Sergio A Perez Barrero
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780198570059.003.0132
In Cuba, family and forensic doctors determine the diagnosis for the cause of death as suicide, although in uncertain cases, the police and official services of forensic medicine contribute to the diagnosis. This procedure prevents problems of concealment of suicide death that are connected to religious or life insurance issues, and strengthens the reliability of the diagnosis of the cause of death as suicide in Cuba.
Suicide ranks among the top ten leading causes of death in the country (Perez Barrero 1996), and although suicide rates have decreased substantially, they continue to be high in comparison with other countries in South America (World Health Organization 1999, 2000a). The truth is that suicide rates in Cuba are often misinterpreted. Mortality statistics in Cuba are highly reliable, and this may partially explain why Cuba has higher suicide rates than other South American countries. Moreover, the high suicide mortality dates back to the nineteenth century.
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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