Estimation of the true suicide in Ecuador

• Autores: Gorenc, Klaus-Dieter, Pacurucu, Saúl, Bruner, Carlos
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 1994
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistaspuc:article/4289
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/4289
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: suicide; adults; Ecuador; Suicidio; Adultos

The official statistical records on suicide are not reliable due to an under reporring of suicide cases. Considering that the true suicide count is the sum of the officia/ record plus the obscure cipher, an attempt was made to estimare the latter using a simple proporcional imputation formula. The official statistical records were re-analysed under the following racional: the category of violent death caused by acccident or intention, but where it could not be established for cerrain, served as a reservoir that contained the obscure cipher. Using this indirect technique, it was possible to determine that the percentage mean of the obscure suicide cipher (1970-1974) is lower than the showed in the literature.