Suicide in India – A four year retrospective study

Mohanty, Srujana; Sahu, Geeta; Mohanty, Manoj Kumar; Patnaik, Manju

doi:10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.05.007

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“…The highest rates of suicide among the oldest groups were consistent with the data of the Chinese Ministry of Health [3] , studies in the United State [1] , and a study from Taiwan [27] . Although previous studies consistently showed that younger age was a robust risk factor for suicide [1,22,23,31,44] , our results (Tables 2&5) and a previous study from China [3] showed that the most vulnerable group is the elderly, suggesting that the strategy for preventing suicide in China should also be focus on this group.…”

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“…Married status as a protective factor and a risk factor for suicide has also been reported in other countries. In India, Pakistan, and Iran, being married appeared to a risk factor for suicide, especially for women [21][22][23] . However, most studies from Asia, Europe, New Zealand, and the United States have shown that married status had some protective effect against suicide, especially for men [6,[16][17][18][19][28][29][30][31] .…”

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“…For example, male has been documented as a risk factor for suicide across all ages in developed countries and some developing countries [1,25] , but in China, a higher suicide rate of women than men has been reported [3] . In India, the rate for suicide was nearly equal to men and women [23][24] . Similarly, being unmarried has also been identified as a risk factor for suicide in the majority of previous studies [1,[16][17][18][19][26][27][28][29][30][31] .…”

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“…Similarly, being unmarried has also been identified as a risk factor for suicide in the majority of previous studies [1,[16][17][18][19][26][27][28][29][30][31] . However, in India, Pakistan, and Iran, majority of suicide victims were married and being married was even a risk factor for suicide, especially in women [21][22][23] . History of mental illness has also been reported as a robust risk factor for suicide in developed counties [1,25] , but in China, more than 47% suicide victims did not have a psychiatric diagnosis at the time of death [4,[32][33][34] .…”

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Prevalence and risk factors of suicide in a rural area of Shandong province in mainland China: a case control study

Liu

Sun

et al. 2015

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Objective: Suicide is a major public health problem in China, particularly in rural areas. This study aimed to examine the rate and the risk factors for suicide in a rural area of China. Methods: The mortality data of two counties in Shandong Province from January 1st, 2004 to December 31st 2005 were used. Death information was collected via face-to-face interview with informant(s). Psychological autopsy was conducted on 137 completed suicides and 137 matched controls died from other illnesses. Chisquare/Fisher exact and multiple logistic regression were used for bivariate analyses and predictor analyses, respectively. Results: The suicide rate was 20.90 per 100,000 persons per year with almost equal rates of males and females. Among those with the age over 40 years old, the suicide rate in males was significantly higher than that in females. The peak of suicide fell in the age group of 70-79 years for males and the age group of ≥ 80 years for females. The most commonly used method for suicide was pesticide ingestion (76.7%). Poor interpersonal relationship (OR=12.79), childhood adversities (OR=7.26), a history of mental illness (OR=5.95), adverse life event(s) within 1 year prior to death (OR=3.19), and unstable extravert personality traits (OR=6.12) were independent risk factors for suicide. Male gender positively interacted with majority of these risk factors, especially with a history of mental illness (OR=17.89). Advanced age positively interacted with all independent risk factors, with a history of mental illness having the largest OR of 1.51 as every 10 year of age advancement. In bivariate analyses, a history of previous suicide attempt (OR=13.06), a family history of suicide (OR=7.08), and unstable introvert personality trait (OR=1.83) were also associated with increased risk for suicide; and stable extravert personality trait (OR=0.21) was associated with decreased risk for suicide. Conclusions: In this rural population of mainland China, the risk for suicide was almost equal in both males and females with the elderly having the highest risk. The positive interactions of advanced age and male gender with independent risk factors suggest that suicide prevention strategies targeting specific groups with different risk factors are essential.

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Prevalence and risk factors of suicide in a rural area of Shandong province in mainland China: a case control study

Liu

Sun

et al. 2015

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“…According to the statistics of the year 2014 in our country, it was reported that the ratio of suicide was 4.07 per hundred thousand, Eskişehir was the fifth province with the highest ratio of suicide, and the ratio of suicide was 6.59 [31]. In the studies conducted on suicide, it was reported that men died more frequently due to suicide [6,8,9,[32][33][34][35]. In the studies conducted in parallel to it, victims were reported to be males more frequently [16,17,22,36,37].…”

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Suicidal Hanging in Eskisehir, Turkey: 25 Year Analysis

Karbeyaz¹,

Çelikel²,

Balci³

2017

J Forensic Res

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In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the autopsy findings of deaths due to hanging in the last 25 years in Eskisehir province located in western Anatolia and to share them in the literature. The gender, age, scene of crime, the material used for hanging type and hanging, autopsy findings and toxicological findings were examined using the data of Eskişehir Forensic Medicine Branch Directorate and judicial investigation files in that period. It was determined that hanging cases have increased in the recent years. 65.1% of the cases were male 72.1% of the cases were typical hanging. Hanging cases can only be solved by the collective work of crime scene investigators, police officers, prosecutors and doctors.

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International Perspectives on the Epidemiology and Aetiology of Suicide and Self‐Harm

Windfuhr

Kapur

2011

International Handbook of Suicide Prevention

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Suicide in India – A four year retrospective study

Cited by 101 publications

References 15 publications

Prevalence and risk factors of suicide in a rural area of Shandong province in mainland China: a case control study

Prevalence and risk factors of suicide in a rural area of Shandong province in mainland China: a case control study

Suicidal Hanging in Eskisehir, Turkey: 25 Year Analysis

International Perspectives on the Epidemiology and Aetiology of Suicide and Self‐Harm

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