SUICIDE BY EXOGENOUS INTOXICATION IN QUILOMBOLA AND INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS IN BRAZIL: EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS FROM SIM AND TABNET (2008-2018)

Abstract

This study analyzed mortality indicators for suicide through exogenous intoxication in municipalities with quilombola, indigenous and rural settlement communities in Brazil from 2008 to 2018. This is a descriptive epidemiological study with an ecological design, using secondary data from the Mortality Information System (SIM) and TABNET/DATASUS, based on ICD-10 categories Y10–Y19 and Y87, covering 3,194 municipalities. The national mean rate was 3.41 per 100,000 inhabitants. The highest mean rates were recorded in the Southeast (4.29) and Center-West (4.27) regions; the lowest was in the North (2.42). In the Regional Inequality Coefficient (CIR) group analysis, Group 2, with medium to high socioeconomic development and low service provision, had the highest mean rate (3.88). The results reveal distinct epidemiological patterns in these populations, requiring culturally oriented health strategies. The extinction of the Family Health Support Center (NASF) in 2020 deepens this structural vulnerability.