title: Suicide in thailand.
abstract: The 581 suicidal cases which occurred in the period 1960-1969, are reviewed from the autopsy reports in the Department of Forensic Medicine, Siriraj Hospital. The following conclusions are drawn: The male: female suicide ratio is 6 : 4; The highest age-group incidence is 20--39 years; Girls predominate among adolescents (0-19 years); By occupation farmers show the highest suicide rate; There is a high incidence among single as well as among married persons; Poisoning is the commonest method of suicide, Parathion being the poison of choice; A suspected predominate cause is emotional instability but among males socioeconomic factors play an important role; There were 11 pregnant cases and 17 attempters in the series studied.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000453:epidemiology; D013785:Thailand