title: [Suicide and attempted suicide: epidemiologic characteristics in the municipality of Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 1971-81].
abstract: Based on official data it was made an epidemiological retrospective descriptive study about evolution of suicide and attempt suicide in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. This study includes the trends of some epidemiological characters for this cause of death from 1971 to 1981, which are: chronologic distribution, sex and age distribution, methods of suicide and attempt suicide.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brasil.
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Queiroz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001938:Brazil; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
vernacular_title: Suicídio e tentativas de suicídio: características epidemiológicas no município de Belo Horizonte, Brasil, 1971-81.