Suicide and Suicide Attempts in Ankara in 1998: Results of the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study of Suicidal Behaviour

Abstract

Male sex is a risk factor for completed suicide and female sex is a risk factor for attempted suicide, while an age of 15-24 years may be a risk factor for both groups.

Suicide attempt rates and intervention effects in women of Turkish origin in Berlin

“…The overall total rate and the age-specific rates for women aged 30 years and above in this study were relatively low. These rates are comparable to the rates found in the WHO/ EURO multicentre study of parasuicide for German women in Wü rzburg, (99.9/100,000 persons) [29] and for women in Ankara, Turkey (85.6/100,000 persons) [16,28]. However, the overall suicide attempt rates were lower than the rates reported in other Turkish immigrant populations in Europe: for example, Burger et al in 2009 reported a suicide attempt rate of 221.3/100,000 person-years in Turkish females in The Hague for the years 2002-2004, and Yilmaz and Riecher-Rö ssler in 2012 reported rates between 267.4-322.4/100,000 persons in a study examining suicide attempts presenting at the emergency department of the University Hospital Basel from 1991-1997.…”

The impact of migration and culture on suicide attempts of children and adolescents living in Istanbul

“…In contrast to various studies demonstrating a higher proportion of female suicide attempters (Sayil and Devrimci-Ö zguven 2002;Tezcan et al 1995;Zoroglu et al 2003;Saginc et al 2000;Yesil et al 2008;Ö zdel et al 2009;Yalaki et al 2011;Nock et al 2008;Beautrais et al 2006), we observed a similar proportion of male and female suicide attempters.…”

Violent and Nonviolent Methods of Suicide: Different Patterns May Be Found in Men and Women with Severe Depression

“…Case fatality has been estimated at 70-90% for different violent methods, such as firearm, hanging, or railway suicidal behavior (Erazo, Baumert, & Ladwig, 2005;Gunnell, Bennewith, Hawton et al, 2005;Miller, Hemenway, & Azrael, 2004), compared with an estimated 13% for all types of suicidal behavior (Miller, Hemenway, & Azrael, 2004). Furthermore, other studies have shown that violent methods were more common among fatal suicidal acts and nonviolent methods among nonfatal acts (Birkhead, Galvin, Meehan et al, 1993;Nishimura, Shiori, Nushida et al, 1999;Salib, & Tadros 2000;Sayil, & Devrimci-Ozguven, 2002;Van Casteren, Van Der Veken, Tafforeau et al, 1993). Finally, a correlation has been demonstrated between the use of a violent method in carrying out a suicide attempt, and later suicide (Gibb, Beautrais, & Fergusson, 2005;Hawton, 1992;Holley, Fick, & Love, 1998).…”