OBJECTIVE: To investigate the rate and method of attempted suicides in a catchment area in @entity233 as part of the WHO- @entity7634 Multicentre Study on Suicidal Behaviour. METHOD: All hospitals in the catchment area were screened to identify suicide attempts for 4 years between January 1, 1998, and December 31, 2001. RESULTS: In the 4-year period, 737 individuals attempted suicide (514 @entity1 and 223 @entity1 ). The mean annual rate per 100,000 was 46.89 for @entity1 and 112.89 for @entity1 . The parasuicide rate increased by 93.59% between 1998 and 2001. The most frequent method used by both @entity1 and @entity1 was self-poisoning. CONCLUSION: Compared with the results from other European research centres, attempted suicide rates in @entity233 were relatively low. However, the increase in rates was striking. This upward trend may be related to the intense economic difficulties, increasing unemployment, and rapid social change experienced in @entity233 in recent years. The risk groups appeared to be younger and female.

Suicide attempts in XXXX : results of the WHO- @entity7634 Multicentre Study on Suicidal Behaviour.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'men'] @entity7634 :: ('9319', 'Species') :: ['EURO'] @entity233 :: ('9103', 'Species') :: ['Turkey']
@entity233 :: (9103,Species) :: ['Turkey']
