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Profile of males who have committed suicide in the capital of Serbia in period 1997-2005

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

G. Nikolic-Balkoski
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, CCS, Belgrade, Serbia
V. Pavlicevic
Affiliation:
Belgrade City Department, Ministry of Interior, Belgrade, Serbia
L.J. Leposavic
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, CCS, Belgrade, Serbia
S. Milovanovic
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, CCS, Belgrade, Serbia
N. Laskovic
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, CCS, Belgrade, Serbia
J. Barisic-Rojnic
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, CCS, Belgrade, Serbia

Abstract

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The last few years have been a period of great changes and significant social turmoil in Serbia. People have lived, and still so, under a state of prolonged stress. There are very few investigations about suicide in last 15 years.

The aim of this study was to investigate profile of males who have committed suicide in Belgrade during eight year period.

Data were taken from the index records of suicide in the city of Belgrade, held at the Institute for Informatics and Statistics. Nine availed variables were analyzed. Statistical analysis was done by using the crude specific rate.

The results of our study gave main characteristic of male who have committed suicide in analyzed period considering age of suicide, education and profession structure, area of living and area of suicide, month, time and method of suicide and annual suicide rate.

Type
Poster Session 2: Epidemiology
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2007
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