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Background: Suicide in childhood and teenagers has been increasing four times more in the last 40 years in the US.Suicide and attempted suicide are the second cause of admission to hospital between 10 and 18 years old in Brazil.Objective: To describe the epidemiological profile of suicide cases between 0 and 18 years old occurred between 2000 and 2009, in the city of Fortaleza-Ceara, Brazil.Methods: This epidemiological study is based on official data from the Instituto Médico Legal de Fortaleza (Forensic Institute of Fortaleza) between 2000 and 2009.This is responsible for the autopsies and corpse reports for Scientific Polices of some State in the Forensic area.In this period, 140 suicides occurred between 0 and 18 years old.The following variables were analyzed: gender, civil status, occupation, method used, year and day of the week.Results: Of the total number of suicides (n=1979) 140 (7,2%) were aged between 0 and 18 years old.Males represented 68% (n =95), 92% (n =125) were single, 76% (n =91) were students and 22% (n =26) were employed.The most common method was hanging (44%; n =61), followed by poisoning (30%; n =41) and gunshot (12%; n =17).The methods of hanging (84%; n =52) and gunshot (94%; n =16) were most used by men.The only method in which women percentage was higher was poisoning (64%; n =27).The day with the highest number of cases was Monday (20%), followed by Friday (16%) and Sunday (15%).Conclusion: Below 18 years most of suicide cases were by males, however, the male/female ratio (2∶1) is much smaller than in other age groups.To work with suicide and its consequences, willing to reduce the number of cases, it is recommended implantation of strategies and services which will help this age group to prevent suicide.