Suicide: Incidence or Prevalence? Comments on Hernández-Alvarado et al. Increase in Suicide Rates by Hanging in the Population of Tabasco, Mexico between 2003 and 2012. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13, 552

Julián Alfredo Fernández-Niño

doi:10.3390/ijerph13070671

Suicide: Incidence or Prevalence? Comments on Hernández-Alvarado et al. Increase in Suicide Rates by Hanging in the Population of Tabasco, Mexico between 2003 and 2012. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2016, 13, 552

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2016 Jul 1;13(7):671. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13070671.

Author

Julián Alfredo Fernández-Niño¹

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Salud Pública, Escuela de Medicina, Facultad de Salud, Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga 680002, Colombia. jafernan@uis.edu.co.

Abstract

I recently reviewed the paper published in this journal by Hernández-Alvarado et al., titled "Increase in Suicide Rates by Hanging in the Population of Tabasco, Mexico between 2003 and 2012" [1], and I noticed that the epidemiological concept "prevalence" is not correctly used.[...].

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Humans
Incidence
Mexico
Prevalence
Public Health*
Suicide*