Resource Tag: COSTA RICA

Background A family medicine team based out of Mayo Clinic, Rochester assembled in 2019 to provide home visits and direct care to underserved populations of patients in La Cruz, Costa Rica. In addition to the provision of direct patient care, our team was interested in conducting a community needs-based assessment to identify an area for provider […]

A retrospective study at the Poison Control Center of Costa Rica describes the pattern of pesticide poisoning that occurred during 1996. A total of 1274 exposures were reported. There were 284 suicide attempts, 193 by males & 91 by females. Education of the users of pesticides & the community in general is essential to creating […]

Suicide & homicide rates are lower in Costa Rica than in the United States. Firearms are used less often for suicide & for murder in Costa Rica than in the United States; hanging is more common as a method for suicide in Costa Rica & cutting/piercing more common as a method for murder. Suicide rates […]