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Rezaeian M. Comparing the Statistics of Iranian Ministry of Health with Data of Iranian Statistical Center Regarding Recorded Suicidal Cases in Iran. J Health Syst Res 2013; 8 (7) :1190-1196
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Professor, Department of Social Medicine, Rafsanjan Medical School, Occupational Environmental Research Center, Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences, Rafsanjan, Iran
Abstract: (2003 Views)
Background:AveryfeworganizationspublishsuicidedatainIran.Sinceanationalcomparativestudyonthepublishedsuicidedataisanimportantissue,thepresentstudyaimed to compareIranianMinistryofHealth(IMoH)datawithIranianStatisticalCenter(ISC)datain2004. Methods:Inthiscross-sectionalstudy,allthe suicidedatafortheIranianprovincesthatoriginatedfromIMoHandISCwereenteredintoSTATAsoftware.Inthenextstep,thepopulationnumberofeachprovincewas alsoaddedtothedatabaseandthen the rate of suicide was calculated byapplyingthe Poissonmodel. Findings:A total of3170and2486casesofsuicidewererecordedbyIMoHandISC,respectively.Inallthe provincesexceptIlam,Zanjan,Qom,Markazi,HamadanandYazd,therecordedsuicidesbyIMoHwerehigherthanthosebyISC.BasedonIMoHdata,IlamprovincehadthehighestrateofsuicidewhilstbasedonISCdata,Lorestanprovincehadthehighestrateofsuicide. Conclusion:ThehighersuiciderateinwesternprovincesofIranisinaccordancewiththeresultsofotherstudiesinIran.Furthermore,thedifferencesbetweenIMoHwithISCdatacanbeattributedtothemethodseachorganizationused for collecting thesuicidedata.Thesefindingsnotonlyareimportantforimplementing thesuicidepreventionplan,butalsourgetodesignandimplementacomprehensivesurveillancesystemforsuicidedatainIran.
Type of Study: Research |
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education health and promotion
Received: 2020/07/16 | Accepted: 2013/02/15 | Published: 2013/02/15
Received: 2020/07/16 | Accepted: 2013/02/15 | Published: 2013/02/15
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