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Trends of risk factors of completed suicide by gender and age

Author(s) -

Namal N. Balasooriya,

Gex M

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of public health and epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2141-2316

DOI - 10.5897/jphe2016.0814

Subject(s) - descriptive statistics , sri lanka , chi square test , demography , analysis of variance , medicine , population , suicide risk , suicide prevention , psychology , poison control , environmental health , geography , statistics , mathematics , sociology , environmental planning , tanzania

The objective of this study was to identify trends of completed suicide based on gender and age groups. Population data of complete suicide in Sri Lanka during 2005 to 2014 were collected from the Sri Lanka Police Statistics Department. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), chi-square test and descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. Risk factors of completed suicide is significantly depending with age (Chi-square= 15581.28, 2 0.05,70=90.5) and gender (Chi-square= 2109.71, 2 0.05, 27=40.1). Risk factors of completed suicide in Sri Lanka during the last decades have not been changed significantly. Key words: Suicide, mental health, risk factors, public health.

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