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The Burden of Suicide in Rural Bangladesh: Magnitude and Risk Factors
The aim of the paper is to quantify the burden and risk factors of fatal and non-fatal suicidal behaviors in rural Bangladesh. A census was carried out in seven sub-districts encompassing 1.16 million people. Face-to-face interviews were conducted at the household level. Descriptive analyses were do...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5615569/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28891939 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14091032 |
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author | Sharmin Salam, Shumona Alonge, Olakunle Islam, Md Irteja Hoque, Dewan Md Emdadul Wadhwaniya, Shirin Ul Baset, Md Kamran Mashreky, Saidur Rahman El Arifeen, Shams |
author_facet | Sharmin Salam, Shumona Alonge, Olakunle Islam, Md Irteja Hoque, Dewan Md Emdadul Wadhwaniya, Shirin Ul Baset, Md Kamran Mashreky, Saidur Rahman El Arifeen, Shams |
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description | The aim of the paper is to quantify the burden and risk factors of fatal and non-fatal suicidal behaviors in rural Bangladesh. A census was carried out in seven sub-districts encompassing 1.16 million people. Face-to-face interviews were conducted at the household level. Descriptive analyses were done to quantify the burden and Poisson regression was run to determine on risk factors. The estimated rates of fatal and non-fatal suicide were 3.29 and 9.86 per 100,000 person years (PY) observed, respectively. The risk of suicide was significantly higher by 6.31 times among 15–17 and 4.04 times among 18–24 olds compared to 25–64 years old. Married adolescents were 22 times more likely to commit suicide compared to never-married people. Compared to Chandpur/Comilla district, the risk of suicide was significantly higher in Narshingdi. Students had significantly lower risk of non-fatal suicidal behavior compared to skilled laborers. The risk of non-fatal suicidal behavior was lower in Sherpur compared to Chandpur/Comilla. Among adolescents, unskilled laborers were 16 times more likely to attempt suicide than students. The common methods for fatal and non-fatal suicidal behaviors were hanging and poisoning. Suicide is a major public health problem in Bangladesh that needs to be addressed with targeted interventions. |
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spelling | pubmed-56155692017-09-30 The Burden of Suicide in Rural Bangladesh: Magnitude and Risk Factors Sharmin Salam, Shumona Alonge, Olakunle Islam, Md Irteja Hoque, Dewan Md Emdadul Wadhwaniya, Shirin Ul Baset, Md Kamran Mashreky, Saidur Rahman El Arifeen, Shams Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The aim of the paper is to quantify the burden and risk factors of fatal and non-fatal suicidal behaviors in rural Bangladesh. A census was carried out in seven sub-districts encompassing 1.16 million people. Face-to-face interviews were conducted at the household level. Descriptive analyses were done to quantify the burden and Poisson regression was run to determine on risk factors. The estimated rates of fatal and non-fatal suicide were 3.29 and 9.86 per 100,000 person years (PY) observed, respectively. The risk of suicide was significantly higher by 6.31 times among 15–17 and 4.04 times among 18–24 olds compared to 25–64 years old. Married adolescents were 22 times more likely to commit suicide compared to never-married people. Compared to Chandpur/Comilla district, the risk of suicide was significantly higher in Narshingdi. Students had significantly lower risk of non-fatal suicidal behavior compared to skilled laborers. The risk of non-fatal suicidal behavior was lower in Sherpur compared to Chandpur/Comilla. Among adolescents, unskilled laborers were 16 times more likely to attempt suicide than students. The common methods for fatal and non-fatal suicidal behaviors were hanging and poisoning. Suicide is a major public health problem in Bangladesh that needs to be addressed with targeted interventions. MDPI 2017-09-09 2017-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5615569/ /pubmed/28891939 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14091032 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Sharmin Salam, Shumona Alonge, Olakunle Islam, Md Irteja Hoque, Dewan Md Emdadul Wadhwaniya, Shirin Ul Baset, Md Kamran Mashreky, Saidur Rahman El Arifeen, Shams The Burden of Suicide in Rural Bangladesh: Magnitude and Risk Factors |
title | The Burden of Suicide in Rural Bangladesh: Magnitude and Risk Factors |
title_full | The Burden of Suicide in Rural Bangladesh: Magnitude and Risk Factors |
title_fullStr | The Burden of Suicide in Rural Bangladesh: Magnitude and Risk Factors |
title_full_unstemmed | The Burden of Suicide in Rural Bangladesh: Magnitude and Risk Factors |
title_short | The Burden of Suicide in Rural Bangladesh: Magnitude and Risk Factors |
title_sort | burden of suicide in rural bangladesh: magnitude and risk factors |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5615569/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28891939 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14091032 |
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