The suicidal deaths in Isparta: A 10-year retrospective autopsy study
Abdulkadir Yildiz, Ozge Savci, Ibrahim Eroglu, Erdinc Cayli.
Abstract
Although suicide constitutes a critical social and health problem, it is a preventable death cause. The present study aimed to provide epidemiological data to the programs that can be developed to determine and prevent suicide risk through the retrospective examination of 126 suicide-originated autopsies conducted between 2010 and 2019. The mean age was 41.40±19.58 years. 18-40 age group had the highest incidence for both sexes. The male-female ratio was 2.5:1. Data obtained in this study showed that although the home was the most common location and hanging was the most common method of suicide, a statistically significant difference was found in the distribution of suicide locations and methods based on sex (p
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