Citation

Aghazadeh-Attari J, EntezarMahdi R, Ahmadzadeh J, Mobaraki K, Mansorian B, Karimi H, Mirghaffarzadeh S, Hajimohammadian M, Mohebbi I. Crisis 2019; ePub(ePub): 1-6.

Affiliation

Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, International Association for Suicide Prevention, Publisher Hogrefe Publishing)

DOI

10.1027/0227-5910/a000581

PMID

30888228

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Examining the premature death rate represents the first step in estimating the overall burden of disease, reflecting a full picture of how different causes affect population health and providing a way of monitoring and evaluating population health. AIMS: This study was conducted to assess the burden of premature mortality from suicides in West Azerbaijan Province, northwest of Iran from 2014 to 2016.

METHOD: To calculate years of potential life lost (YPLL), we categorized all methods of suicide, then we subtracted actual age at death by suicide from the relevant age-based life table produced by the World Health Organization in 2015, after which we added the results for each type of suicide in a particular year.

RESULTS: We analyzed 638 suicides. Overall, during the 3-year study period for both sexes, the greatest sources of premature death among all methods of suicide were: hanging, strangulation, and suffocation (X70); smoke, fire, and flames (X76); and poisoning by narcotics and psychodysleptics (X62). LIMITATIONS: Limitations of the study include a lack of accurate, systematic recording and reporting of all cases of suicide, which might lead to measurement bias.

CONCLUSION: This study identified and highlighted the most common methods of suicide in West Azerbaijan.

Language: en

Keywords

burden of suicide; life expectancy; premature mortality; suicide; years of potential life lost (YPLL)