An Epidemiologic Study of Suicide in Cities under Mashhad ‎University of Medical Sciences ‎Supervision.‎

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1 ‎MSc in clinical psychology, Mashhad University of Medial Sciences, Mashhad, IRAN‎

2 ‎Traditional Iranian medicine PHD student, Mashhad University of Medial Sciences, ‎Mashhad, IRAN

3 ‎ Ph.d Candidate in Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, University of Tehran, ‎Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Background and Aims: Suicide is one of the most important community health problems which is related to many ‎different factors in different communities.The present studyaimed to describe the ‎epidemiological data of suicides and suicide attempts in Mashhad University of Medical ‎Sciences in 2011 and 2012.‎
Materials and Methods In this cross-sectional study, the demographic and epidemiological data of suicide and ‎attempted suicide during the 2-year period from March 2012 to March 2014 based on the health ‎system database was collected. Data was analyzed by SPSS, version 19. Descriptive statistics ‎and Chi-squared test were used for data analysis. P-values less than 0.05 were considered ‎significant.‎
Results: A total of 5354 cases of suicide and attempted suicide were analyzed. There were 120 (2.2%) ‎completed suicides. 72.1% of attempted suicide were among women. But in completed (fatal) ‎suicides just over 70% were among men. The most usual method of attempted suicide among ‎both males and females was drug overdose.The most common methods of suicide were hanging ‎‎(52.2%) for men and self-burning (16.5%) for women. More than 86%of attempted suicide and ‎‎72% of all suicide cases were in the age group 15 to 34 years.‎
Conclusion:The findings of this study highlight the need for further studies to identifypopulation at high risk ‎for suicide as the first step towards planning a well-organized approach toreduce the suicide ‎rate.‎

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