Objective: To determine the risk factors associated to suicide and suicide intention at Barranquilla, city Colombia for the period 1999-2000. Participants and Methods: cases-controls unmatched (cases incident) study with 60 cases and 56 unmatched controls. The cases: suicides cases come from the departamental registers of necropsy of the Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Science, and suicide intentions proceed from to hospitals relating to metropolitan area of the city: “Universitario de Barranquilla” and “Metropolitano”. The