Characteristics of attempted suicide individuals from an emergency room in a seven-year period
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1671-0282.2012.05.018
- VernacularTitle:某医院急救中心7年间自杀未遂者特征分析
- Author:
Jie ZHANG
;
Rui ZHOU
;
Chao SONG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Suicide attempt;
Emergency department;
Age;
Gender;
Seasonality
- From:
Chinese Journal of Emergency Medicine
2012;21(5):519-522
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To study the demographics and background of attempted suicide individuals,such as age,gender,mode of suicide,seasonality,etc.so as to improve prevention strategy.Methods By sequential sampling analysis,there were data of 895 survivors from committed suicide taken from 907 attempted suicide individuals recorded in an emergency room of a local hospital between 2002 and 2008 for retrospectively study.Results The sample was composed of 191 males and 704 females with a male to female ratio of 1∶3.69.The adolescents and young adults aged 15-34 years accounted for the vast majority of attempted suicide individuals with the peak at the age of 24 years.The number of committed suicide remarkably reduced after the age of 47 years.The major mode of committed suicide was ingestion of poisons.The incidence of committed suicide declined significantly from 2002 to 2005,and then increased between 2005 and 2008.It was more often occurred in the seasons of Spring and Summer. Conclusions Age,gender,and seasonality are associated with attempted suicide in china,and these risk faetors should be the focuses of suicide prevention in China.Additionally,control of pesticides and psychological intervention should be the parts of the work to prevent suicide in the this cohort of special individuals with propensity of committed suicide.
