Suicidio consumado en mayores de 65 años en la comunidad de Madrid

Abstract

Suicide is a multi-causal and complex phenomenon that has been present at all the societies throughout history humanity's history, being a problem in as of the present moment public health so much in Spain like in the rest of world according to the World Health Organization, estimating in turn than one million people die more than a year all over the world for this motive. Socially, it's possible that he has the perception that the suicidal phenomenon affects principally young persons and middle-aged adults, that is, that has a bigger impact socially, but as we will be able to check in present investigation, one constitutes the suicide in the elders significant prevalent fatal violent cause for in front of any other group etario. Concretely, the suicide in the bigger people of 65 years occupies the first place of the violent deaths that happen in Spain, where violent deaths classify etiologically in suicides, acts of murder and accidents. The bigger people, they are the ones that have the higher rates of suicide to national and international level and, are population's segment in continuous growth, with a foresight of future increment in the suicidal consummation and with some concrete and common prevailing characteristics: · They accomplish less attempted suicides. · They use lethal and accurate methods, so much level urban like rural. The achievement of the consummated suicide is very elevated and prevalent for it. · They reflect few or no sign of ad, that makes difficult his detection and prevention. · The suicidal act in the bigger is premeditated and reflexive, impulsive no as it is to it generally in the rest of ages. · They can assume the way of passive suicides, that is, giving in to die (no taking foods, medications, etc¿).