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Suicides and pesticides in Sri Lanka.

Author(s) -

L R Berger

Publication year - 1988

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.78.7.826

Subject(s) - sri lanka , suicide prevention , poison control , suicide rates , injury prevention , medicine , occupational safety and health , population , demography , environmental health , pesticide , human factors and ergonomics , geography , biology , ecology , environmental planning , pathology , sociology , tanzania

Sri Lanka has one of the highest rates of suicide in the world (29 per 100,000 population in 1980). Suicides are especially frequent among young adults, both male and female. Compared to the US, the suicide rate for males ages 15 to 24 years in Sri Lanka is nearly four times greater; the female rate nearly 13 times greater. The most common mode of suicide is ingestion of liquid pesticides.

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