Evaluating the temporal trend of completed suicides referred to the Iranian Forensic Medicine Organization during 2006-2010
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- 作者：Ahmad Shojaei ; Saadolah Moradi ; saadi149@yahoo.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Farshid Alaeddini ; Mahmood Khodadoost ; Abdolraoof Abdizadeh ; Ali Khademi
- 关键词：Suicide ; Rate ; Suicide method ; Iran
- 刊名：Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：April 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：39
- 期：Complete
- 页码：104-108
- 全文大小：608 K
文摘
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We assessed the temporal trend of the rate of completed suicides in Iran during the period 2006–2010.
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Data were collected from the national suicide registry of the Iranian Forensic Medicine Organization.
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The overall rate of suicide was 4.7/100,000, with a male/female ratio of 2.4.
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Hanging was the most common method of suicide, followed by poisoning and self-immolation.
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It can be concluded that Iran has witnessed a constant rate of completed suicides over the past decade.