[The Mortality from External Causes in Individuals of Risk Group]

The article deals with the problem of mortality from external causes among the officers of the penitentiary system of the Russian Federation, who by virtue of their official duties, are in high-risk situations. The purpose of the analysis was to identify specific features and identify the main determinants of suicides and circumstances that led to the death of the officers of the penitentiary system in 2017 with the subsequent development of recommendations for optimizing the prevention of these adverse events. Such a study was conducted for the first time among the staff of the penitentiary system. Analysis of investigation materials on the deaths of officers from external causes shows that the level of suicide of officer was 0.12‰, the death rate of officers from external causes - 0.32‰. A generalized portrait of an officer of the penitentiary system committed suicide in 2017 is a 31-35 year old man who is serving in security or security units with a length of service of 1 to 5 years, with an average professional or a higher education, married, having children, positively characterized in the service, without penalties, non-conflict, organized, disciplined, not registered with a psychologist, not acting on his own initiative for help to a psychologist who has family problems, which he does not report was 0.32‰. A generalized portrait of the officer of the penitentiary system, who perished in 2017, was established. He is a 35-year-old man who is classified as a junior commander, serving as a junior inspector of the department (regime, guard), with service for about 8 years, who perished in August-September. It is concluded that it is possible to reduce the number of officers who died from external causes through measures of prevention proposed by the authors of this article.