title: The pattern of suicide in the western Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: a retrospective study from 2008 to 2012.
abstract: Suicide represents the dramatic end of human life mostly in young age. In a 5-year retrospective study in Jeddah in the western Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 200 successful suicidal attempts demonstrated that hanging was the most common method of suicide with 72% of the cases, and males represented 77% of the total loses. Most fatalities were of the age range from 20s to 40s. Saudi cases constituted 18.5% of the death cases representing the second most common nationality of successful suicidal attempt in Jeddah after Indians who represented 23% of the entire study. Saudi fatalities were induced by hanging in 56% of the all Saudi deaths in contrast to about 83% in the Indian fatalities.
authors.affiliation: From the Departments of *Forensic and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, and †Mental Health, Faculty of Education, University of Mansoura, Mansoura, Dakahlia, Egypt.
authors.forename: Ahmed Mohamed Nabil
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Helaly
authors.forename: Emad Fekry
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Essam Mohamed
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Zidan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000401:mortality; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019838:Neck Injuries / Q000401:mortality; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult