Socio-demographic and economics factors associated with suicide mortality in Iran, 2001-2010: application of a decomposition model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Suicide is a major global health problem, especially among youth. Suicide is known to be associated with a variety of social, economic, political and religious factors, vary across geographical and cultural regions. The current study aimed to investigate the effects of socioeconomic factors on suicide mortality rate across different regions in Iran.

Methods

The data on distribution of population and socio-economic factors (such as unemployment rate, divorce rate, urbanization rate, average household expenditure etc.) at province level were obtained from the Statistical Centre of Iran and the National Organization for Civil Registration. The data on the annual number of deaths caused by suicide in each province was extracted from the published reports of the Irania

SUBMITTER: Haghparast-Bidgoli H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6001008 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature