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Study of demographic and suicide methods in suicide victims and suicide incidence in Ardabil city based on suicide death registeries in legal medicine center from 1997 to 2006
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Abstract: (18972 Views) |
| Bachground & Aim: Suicide is an important public health problem representing one of the first ten leading cause of death in the world. The purpose of this study is to describe demographic characteristics and methods have been used by suicide victims and to estimate suicide mortality rates that occurred in Ardabil during 1998-2007.
Materials & Method: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study. Data on deaths by suicide that occurred in Ardabil from 1997 to 2006 were obtained from the legal medicine center. Reports contained sociodemographic information, characteristics of death and the method used. We calculated mortality rate and rate ratio inorder to compare age, sex and area specific rates. Data were analyzed by SPSS 15 software
Findings: The period from 1997 to 2006 a total of 185 suicide death occurred in Ardabil. The mean age was 29.6 ± 15 years old. 73.5% of victims were male and 73% of them were from urban area. The suicide mortality rate was 4.2 per 100000. For the recorded years, the rates of suicide mortality had a decreasing trend. The rate ratio of male suicide to femal was 2.6 and rural to urban was 1.3 .Hanging, poisoning and burning were the most common methods used among victims respectively.
Conclusion: The study shows that suicide rates in Ardabil are lower compared with national rates with a decreasing trend and in contrast to most studies the suicide mortality rates in rural area of Ardabil are higher than urban area. |
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| Keywords: Suicide, Mortality, Ardabil |
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Type of Article: Research Article |
Received: 2010/05/18 | Accepted: 2020/06/10 | ePublished: 2020/06/10
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