Fatal suicide cases in Port Said city, Egypt

El-Hak, Seham A. Gad; El-Ghazali, Amr M.; Salama, Mohamed; Aboelyazeed, Ahmed Y.

doi:10.1016/j.jflm.2008.12.006

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“…On the other hand completed suicides showed a different demographic profile, with the fatality rate being higher among males, older people and those who were divorced. A study in Egypt found that the majority of completed suicide victims were young males [12]. Other studies in the Islamic Republic of Iran have reported that the rate of attempted suicide among females was higher than males and among younger people and single marital status [13].…”

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Epidemiology of suicide and attempted suicide derived from the health system database in the Islamic Republic of Iran: 2001–2007

Saberi-Zafaghandi¹,

Hajebi²,

Eskandarieh³

et al. 2012

East Mediterr Health J

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Suicide is an important public health problem worldwide. A retrospective study from March 2001 to March 2007 examined some characteristics of cases of suicide and attempted suicide in the Islamic Republic of Iran based on the health system database of 41 medical universities. A total of 53 100 cases of suicide and attempted suicide were analysed. Just over half were among women (55.0%). The most usual method of attempted suicide among both males and females was drug overdose. Self-burning was more frequent in females (5.8%) while hanging (4.5%), cutting (2.8%) and firearms (0.5%) were more common in males. There were 3883 (7.3%) completed (fatal) suicides. Hanging had the highest case fatality rate (76.5%) and drug overdose the lowest (2.3%). Older people had a higher mortality rate. Suicide and attempted suicides increased from 8.3 per 100 000 population in 2001 to 19.4 Au total, 53 100 cas de suicides et de tentatives de suicide ont été analysés. À peine plus de la moitié concernait des femmes (55,0 %). La méthode la plus fréquemment utilisée des tentatives de suicide chez les hommes comme chez les femmes était une surdose médicamenteuse. L'immolation par le feu était plus fréquente chez les femmes (5,8 %) alors que les recours à la pendaison (4,5 %), au sectionnement (2,8 %) et aux armes à feu (0,5 %) étaient plus nombreux chez les hommes. Dans l'étude, 3883 tentatives de suicide ont été mortelles (7,3 %). La pendaison était associée au taux le plus élevé de décès (76,5 %) et la surdose médicamenteuse, au taux le plus faible (2,3 %

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Epidemiology of suicide and attempted suicide derived from the health system database in the Islamic Republic of Iran: 2001–2007

Saberi-Zafaghandi¹,

Hajebi²,

Eskandarieh³

et al. 2012

East Mediterr Health J

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“… a average rate, range of annual rates 0.9-6.5 per 100,000; b average rate, range of annual rates 0.6-0.8 per 100 000; c average rate, range of annual rates 0.2-0.4 per 100,000; d average rate, range of annual rates 3.3-11.7 per 100,000.WHO: World Health Organization; data is presented for the most recent year available.WHO mortality stratum D: high child mortality and high adult mortality; WHO mortality stratum E: high child mortality and very high adult mortality.Five countries have additional publications available: South Africa [25-28], KwaZulu-Natal province, Transkei region, Pretoria and Bloemfontein city estimates range from 10.9 to 32.5 (average rate) per 100,000; Egypt [29], Port Said city average rate 2.2 per 100,000; Senegal [30], Dakar region 0.7 per 100,000; Uganda [31], Northern Uganda average rate 15.8 per 100,000; United Republic of Tanzania [32], Dar es Salaam 3.2 per 100,000.South Africa and Egypt also have data available from mortality statistics they report to WHO [8]. …”

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Suicidal behaviour across the African continent: a review of the literature

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BackgroundSuicide is a major cause of premature mortality worldwide, but data on its epidemiology in Africa, the world’s second most populous continent, are limited.MethodsWe systematically reviewed published literature on suicidal behaviour in African countries. We searched PubMed, Web of Knowledge, PsycINFO, African Index Medicus, Eastern Mediterranean Index Medicus and African Journals OnLine and carried out citation searches of key articles. We crudely estimated the incidence of suicide and suicide attempts in Africa based on country-specific data and compared these with published estimates. We also describe common features of suicide and suicide attempts across the studies, including information related to age, sex, methods used and risk factors.ResultsRegional or national suicide incidence data were available for less than one third (16/53) of African countries containing approximately 60% of Africa’s population; suicide attempt data were available for <20% of countries (7/53). Crude estimates suggest there are over 34,000 (inter-quartile range 13,141 to 63,757) suicides per year in Africa, with an overall incidence rate of 3.2 per 100,000 population. The recent Global Burden of Disease (GBD) estimate of 49,558 deaths is somewhat higher, but falls within the inter-quartile range of our estimate. Suicide rates in men are typically at least three times higher than in women. The most frequently used methods of suicide are hanging and pesticide poisoning. Reported risk factors are similar for suicide and suicide attempts and include interpersonal difficulties, mental and physical health problems, socioeconomic problems and drug and alcohol use/abuse. Qualitative studies are needed to identify additional culturally relevant risk factors and to understand how risk factors may be connected to suicidal behaviour in different socio-cultural contexts.ConclusionsOur estimate is somewhat lower than GBD, but still clearly indicates suicidal behaviour is an important public health problem in Africa. More regional studies, in both urban and rural areas, are needed to more accurately estimate the burden of suicidal behaviour across the continent. Qualitative studies are required in addition to quantitative studies.

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“…Suicide rate diverge for countries due to the difference in the social and cultural background, availability of mental health services, classification of death and accurate registration of suicidal deaths (Hawton & Heeringen, 2009). Globally suicide rate varies from 1.66 per100,000 population to 36.2 per100,000 population (ElHak et al, 2009;Naidoo & Schlebusch, 2014;Sun et al, 2013) and for Indian states it varies from 11.8 per100,000 population to 82.2 per100,000 population (Mohanty et al, 2007;Kumar et al, 2013;Badiye et al, 2014). Suicide rate 8.4 per100,000 population of Warangal district, Telangana observed in the present study seems to be much below suicide rate reported by other Indian studies.This could be due to difference in the source, suicide data was collected from only one tertiary care from Warangal district and hence undermines the true picture of the entire Warangal district.…”

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Trends and determinants of suicide in Warangal District Telangana, India: six years retrospective study based on secondary data

Rawat

Joshi

Khan

et al. 2018

Egypt J Forensic Sci

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Background: Suicide is a major public health concern resulting in premature deaths. The six years (2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015) retrospective study on suicide cases reported at a tertiary care center of Warangal district, Telangana, India aims to explore the trend and determinant of suicide. Results: Suicide was predominant among 35-< 45 years aged males and females aged 18-< 30 years. The suicide method varied, males preferred self-poisoning while female committed suicide by self immolation. Among males a summer peak while spring peak was observed for Non-Violent and violent methods respectively. The suicide in females peaked in autumn for non-violent method while Violent suicide was observed in summer. The Joinpoint regression analysis found no significant change in the suicide rate from time period (2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015) in overall population or stratification by gender for Warangal district, Telangana India.

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Fatal suicide cases in Port Said city, Egypt

Cited by 31 publications

References 10 publications

Epidemiology of suicide and attempted suicide derived from the health system database in the Islamic Republic of Iran: 2001–2007

Epidemiology of suicide and attempted suicide derived from the health system database in the Islamic Republic of Iran: 2001–2007

Suicidal behaviour across the African continent: a review of the literature

Trends and determinants of suicide in Warangal District Telangana, India: six years retrospective study based on secondary data

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