Epidemiologic study of suicide attempt cases in Chaharamahal and Bakhtiari province in 2003-2012

Abstract

Introduction: Suicide is an important issue in public health and an anti-social behavior. To prevent, there was a need to gather precise information about the issue. Therefore, this study was aimed to conduct an epidemiologic study of suicide rate in Charmahal & Bakhtiari province in a 10-year period.Method and Materials: In this descriptive-analytical study with reviewing the existing data, all the cases of attempted suicide in Chaharamahal & Bakhtiari from 2003 to 2012 were examined. Data was gathered by using a checklist including items including age, sex, education, marital status, place of live, past mental and physical disease, report source, the method of suicide, time (season and year of committing suicide) and the outcome of suicide. The data was analyzed by SPSS16 through x2 and independent t-test.