Profile of Suicide Deaths in the Philippines from 2004-2008
- Author:
Orville Pandes
- Publication Type:Other Types
- Keywords:
Suicide Deaths;
Demographic profile
- MeSH:
Suicide, Completed
- From:
The Philippine Journal of Psychiatry
2018;40(2):40-
- CountryPhilippines
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Objective:The study was conducted to describe the
demographic characteristics and methods of suicide deaths
from 2004-2008.
Methodology:This was a descriptive
study of the profile of suicide deaths in the Philippines, based
from the records of the Philippine National Police Crime
Laboratory at Camp Crame in Quezon City, Philippines.
Records of cases of suicide deaths confirmed by the P P
Crime Laboratory between the dates of January 1, 2004
to December 31, 2008 were collected including age, sex,
and mode of suicide.
Results:There were a total of 135
records of suicide deaths that were accessed. Among the
135 subjects, 86 (63.71 %) were males and 49 (36.29%) were
females at a ratio of 1.7: 1. Subjects' age ranged from 8-80
years. Seventy four cases (54.81 %) of total cases belonged
to the 20-40 year old age group, followed by the 41-64 yearold age group with 45 cases or 33.33% of total cases. Twelve
subjects (8.88%) of total cases belonged to the 8-19 year-old
age group, and 4 subjects or 2.96% of total cases belonged
to the 65-80 age bracket. No cases were recorded below 7
years old and above 80 years old. One hundred twenty one
of 135 total number of cases (89.62%) resorted to hanging
themselves while 8 (5.92% ) used firearms to kill themselves.
Five (3.71 %) jumped from high places and 1(0.75%) died of
chemical ingestion.
Conclusion:The study showed that
majority of suicide deaths belonged to the 20-40 year-old age
group and more suicide deaths occurred among males. As
to age distribution by sex, most deaths occurred among the
20-40 year-old age group for both sexes. Lastly, hanging was
noted to be the leading mode of suicide among the subjects.
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