TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - The burden of premature mortality related to suicide in West Azerbaijan from 2014 to 2016
JO  - Crisis
A1  - Aghazadeh-Attari, Javad
A1  - EntezarMahdi, Rasool
A1  - Ahmadzadeh, Jamal
A1  - Mobaraki, Kazhal
A1  - Mansorian, Behnam
A1  - Karimi, Hasan
A1  - Mirghaffarzadeh, Shamsi
A1  - Hajimohammadian, Mahnaz
A1  - Mohebbi, Iraj
SP  - 1
EP  - 6
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0227-5910
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000581
ID  - ref1
ER  -