Epidemiology of attempted suicide in Hatay, XXXX .

@entity1 @entity1445 @entity233 @entity146
OBJECTIVE: To determine suicide rates, sociodemographic risk factors, and reasons for suicide attempts. METHODS: This hospital based, retrospective study consisted of 1613 suicide attempts brought to the emergency services of 8 state hospitals in Hatay, @entity233 from January 2007 to December 2009. We obtained the data by retrospective analysis of @entity1 record forms including information on age, gender, education level, marital status, occupation, reason for suicide, method of suicide, presence of previous @entity146 in the @entity1 or family, previous suicidal behavior in the @entity1 or family. We obtained current population data of the province from the Turkish State Institute of Statistics. Chi-Square test, and percentage distribution was used for the statistical analysis. RESULTS: The mean age of females (23.9+/-7.9) was lower than males (26.6+/-9.7). The mean annual rate of attempted suicides per 100,000 was 38.14 (16.11 in males, 60.42 in females). The rate decreased as the age increased, and was highest in the 15-24 age group, in @entity1 , in non-married @entity1 , and in the individuals with high school education. Self-poisoning with a drug @entity1445 was the most common method, and domestic conflicts were the most common reason. @entity146 history in the family or @entity1 , and suicide attempt in the family were risk factors associated with repeated suicide attempts. CONCLUSION: The suicide attempt rate was lower than in many western countries, and similar to previous studies in @entity233 . The risk of recurrence in suicide attempts is high, and is associated with psychosocial factors.
