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THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SUICIDE IN MOSLAVINA

Dražen Kovačević

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The paper deals with data on suicide in Moslavina from the year 1987 to 2003. The rate of suicide is analysed, as well as gender, age, means and location of the attempt, the relation of suicide and parasuicide of psychiatrically treated patients.
The rate of suicide in Moslavina is higher than the Croatian average. The average rate of suicide in the period between 1987 and 2001 is 32.87, and shows considerable oscillations. It was lowest, 22, in 1994, and highest, 45, in 1987. While in the pre-war period it presented a falling trend, the post-war period demonstrates a rising trend in comparison to the Croatian average. It is much higher in the northern, depopulated part, than in the southern, better developed part of Moslavina. The ratio between male and female suicides is 3.70 to 1. 64.30% of suicides are at ages over 50. In the northern part of Moslavina, over 30% of suicides are committed by people older than 70. The dominant means of committing suicide is by hanging in 66.26%, and by firearms in 17.60% of the cases. Suicides are mostly committed in the home, in the courtyard, and outdoors. The number of attempts falls and the frequency of committed suicides grows in the function of age.

Ključne riječi

Moslavina; suicide; epidemiology

Hrčak ID:

3377

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/3377

Datum izdavanja:

1.11.2004.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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