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BACKGROUND suicide represents a problem for public health, due to its high prevalence at the present time and the lack of implementation of adequate preventive strategies in a large number of countries. OBJECTIVE Objective: to characterize patients with a suicide attempt in the health area of ​​the Pedro Díaz Coello Polyclinic in Holguín in the period 2015-2019. METHODS Methods: an observational, descriptive, cross-sectional retrospective study was carried out, with a population of 138 patients, where they were fully studied. RESULTS a predominance of patients between 10 and 20 years of age (52.2%) was found, in the female sex (60%), 57 (41.3%) had basic secondary education. Singles were the most prevalent 80 (58%). The method of ingestion of tablets was the most used with 92 patients (66.6%), of them the female sex was the one with the greatest quantity, however, in the male sex the preferred method was hanging. As a risk factor, depression was the most prevalent, with 40 (29%) patients. CONCLUSIONS adolescent females, mainly with a basic secondary education level, were prone to intense suicide. The ingestion of tablets was the main method used, with a predominance of females; where depression was the main risk factor. CLINICALTRIAL Keywords: suicide, risk factors, primary health care