title: Case fatality rates of different suicide methods within Ilam province of Iran.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There are few diverse studies that have reported the case fatality rates of different methods of suicide, none of them are originated from developing countries. The aim of the present article is to report the case fatality rates of different methods of suicide in Ilam province of Iran.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data on 611 cases of suicide and 1807 cases of deliberate self harm (DSH) that were recorded in a comprehensive registry during 1995 through 2002 were analyzed for both genders together and for males and females, separately.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For both genders together, the two most fatal methods were hanging (75.4%) and self-immolation (68.3%); for males, hanging (76.3%) and self-immolation (64.7%); and for females, firearms (75%) and hanging (73.7%), respectively. The least fatal methods for both genders together and for females and males separately were drug ingestion and cutting.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results of present study, which for the first time has reported the case fatality rates of suicide methods in a developing world, would not only help to better plan the local suicide prevention strategies and clinical assessment of suicidal cases but to shed light on overall understanding of this mysterious human phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohsen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Razaeian
authors.forename: Gholamreza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sharifirad
keywords: Case fatality rate; Ilam; deliberate self harm; methods; suicide
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