Abstract
Introduction: Suicide is one of the important social and mental health
problems in many countries and considerable resources are devoted to health
care. The purpose of this study was to investigate the demographic features of
more than thousand cases of attempted suicide in Semnan province Materials and Methods: In this cross sectional study in 2008-2009, we collected
data from cases referred to public hospitals and forensic medicine offices of
Semnan province, using researcher made checklists, included demographic data
and factors associated with suicide. Results: Among 1217 cases of suicide attempts occurred
in Semnan province, 768 cases (63.1%) were female and the rest were male. The
mean age±SD of participants was 24.6±8.4. 599 cases (49.2%) were single. There
was a significant relationship between gender and marital status (p
Keywords
Suicide attempt Epidemiology Semnan Iran خودکشی اپیدمیولوژی سمنان ایران
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