Incidence of Suicide in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran

• Main Author: Alihossein Zeinalzadeh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, 2016-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr;"><strong><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB">Abstract</span></strong></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr;"><strong><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';" lang="EN-GB">Background:</span></strong><strong></strong><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB">Suicide is a major problem world-wide. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of suicide in East Azerbaijan province, Iran.<strong> </strong></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr;"><strong><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB">Methods: </span></strong><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB">A cross-sectional study conducted from 2010 to 2011. We analysed some characteristics of the cases of suicide based on the health system database. Variables such as demographics, outcomes (fatal/nonfatal), and methods used were recorded. Data were analysed using Chi-square as well as T-test.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr;"><strong><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB">Results:</span></strong><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: ArnoPro-LightDisplay;" lang="EN-GB"> A total of 3,768 reported cases of suicide were analysed. More cases were reported by married than single people. </span><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB">The incidence rate of suicide was 101.3 per 100,000. Most of the attempted suicides occurred in younger people. Attempted suicide in women (63.7%) was higher than men (36.3%). The most frequent method of suicide in both sexes was drug overdose. </span><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: ArnoPro-LightDisplay;" lang="EN-GB">There was a statistically significant relationship between suicide's outcome and gender, job, marital status and education (p<0.001). The case fatality rate among males was significantly higher than females (OR=3.7, 95% CI: 2.5-5.8). Hanging (72.3%) and drug overdose (0.9%) had the highest and lowest case fatality rate, respectively. Drug overdose was slightly more frequent among women than men (91.3% versus 84.2%). The rate of poisoning increased gradually until the age-group 45-54 years. Drug overdose was more prevalent among single than married people.</span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr;"><strong><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;" lang="EN-GB">Conclusions:</span></strong><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: ArnoPro-LightDisplay;" lang="EN-GB"> Due to the high incidence of completed suicide, it is recommended to establish counselling centres for mental ill-health, especially a suicide hotline with appropriate availability to all population.</span></p>

Item Description

2423-3560
2423-7337
10.22037/sdh.v2i2.14098