Characteristics of Self-injury, Suicide by Sex, Age, Educational Attainments and Occupation
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
; : 152-158, 2014.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-114590
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
In an effort to determine the characteristics of suicide, which is a serious social problem, we analyzed the relationship with gender, age, educational level, occupation, and suicidal attempt and completed suicide. The results of this study could serve as fundamental material for suicide preventive education and improvement of health.METHODS:
General characteristics of completed suicide, attempted suicide, and total injured according to gender, age, educational level, and occupation were compared using the injury surveillance dataset, the material from in-depth investigation of patients in the emergency room. All injuries from suicidal attempts and completed suicide of suicidal attempts were analyzed by logistic regression.RESULTS:
The rate of injury by attempted suicide was higher in women than in men; however, completed suicide showed more male dominance, in comparison with other injuries. And, for age, the highest was observed for 30-40s. The lower educational attainment subgroup showed the highest level of attempt, and for the occupation, unemployed, skilled agriculture or fishery workers, soldiers, students, and housewives showed the highest value.CONCLUSION:
Vulnerable demographic and socioeconomic groups, including women, low level of education, unemployed, skilled agriculture or fishery workers, soldiers, students, and housewives are weaken to attempted suicide, and intensive management, education, and supportive policy are necessary to those groups.
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Health context:
Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas
Health problem:
Goal 11: Inequalities and inequities in health
Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Social Problems
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Socioeconomic Factors
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Suicide
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Suicide, Attempted
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Logistic Models
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Agriculture
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Education
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Emergency Service, Hospital
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Fisheries
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Dataset
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Aspects:
Social determinants of health
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Equity and inequality
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article