Open AccessProspective Evaluation of Suicide Cases Presented to National Environmental and Clinical Toxicology Center - Egypt
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
toxicology and applied pharmacology insights
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2641-0451
DOI - 10.33140/tapi.02.01.02
Subject(s) - medicine , environmental health , suicide prevention , injury prevention , poison control , drug overdose , public health , occupational safety and health , psychiatry , pathology
Suicide is a tragic and potentially preventable public health problem. It is the 3rd leading cause of death among youngadults worldwide. It was reported that drug overdose was the most common means of suicide in Egypt. Pesticidesare a common suicidal agent. Aim of this study is to assess the prevalence of suicidal cases admitted to NationalEnvironmental and Clinical Toxicology Research Centre (NECTR) during six months period from (April to September2017) regarding the most common poison used and different socio-demographic factors in attempt to identify high riskindividuals in our community. This prospective study included 162 suicidal cases who were admitted to the NationalEnvironmental and Clinical Toxicological Research Center. The results of this study showed that the most frequentage group was those between 18-40 years (60.5%) followed by those below 18 years (33.3%) with female dominance(79%). The most frequently ingested agents were pesticides (34%) followed by miscellaneous agents (30.9%) thenpsychoactive agents (11.1%). The most common cause of attempting suicide was social problems (69.1%) followedby psychological causes (11.7%). The mortality rate was (4.3%).