Suicide reporting in mass media in the state of Magdalena, Colombia
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Suicide
Colombia

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Campo-Arias, A. ., & Herazo, E. . (2020). Suicide reporting in mass media in the state of Magdalena, Colombia. Duazary, 17(1), 1–2. https://doi.org/10.21676/2389783X.3213

Abstract

In 2016 and 2017, the suicide rate in Colombia went up from 5.20 to 5.72, respectively. The same trend was observed for the State of Magdalena for the same period with an increase in the rates that went from 3.37 in 2016 and 4.27 per one hundred thousand inhabitants in 20171,2. The suicide rate in the State of Magdalena occupies third place among the departments of the Colombian Caribbean region1
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