@article{ref1,
title="The burden of premature mortality related to suicide in West Azerbaijan from 2014 to 2016",
journal="Crisis",
year="2019",
author="Aghazadeh-Attari, Javad and EntezarMahdi, Rasool and Ahmadzadeh, Jamal and Mobaraki, Kazhal and Mansorian, Behnam and Karimi, Hasan and Mirghaffarzadeh, Shamsi and Hajimohammadian, Mahnaz and Mohebbi, Iraj",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="1-6",
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. <br><br>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. <br><br>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. <br><br>CONCLUSION: This study identified and highlighted the most common methods of suicide in West Azerbaijan.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0227-5910",
doi="10.1027/0227-5910/a000581",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000581"
}