Table 2 The frequency distribution of suicide by physical methods based on other variables during 1993–2013 in Ilam province
From: Epidemiological study of suicide by physical methods between 1993 and 2013 in Ilam province, Iran
Variables | Male | Female | Total | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | |||
Season | Spring | 151 (26.4) | 243 (25.7) | 394 (26) | 0.670 |
Summer | 136 (23.8) | 248 (26.2) | 384 (25.3) | ||
Autumn | 146 (25.6) | 222 (23.5) | 368 (24.3) | ||
Winter | 138 (24.2) | 232 (24.6) | 370 (24.4) | ||
Motive of suicide | Psychic problem | 161 (37.3) | 226 (30.7) | 387 (33.1) | 0.0001 |
Physical problem | 3 (0.7) | 8 (1.1) | 11 (0.9) | ||
Economical problem | 16 (3.7) | 14 (1.9) | 30 (2.6) | ||
Family conflict | 203 (47) | 468 (63.5) | 671 (57.4) | ||
Educational problem | 6 (1.4) | 14 (1.9) | 20 (1.7) | ||
Addiction problem | 29 (6.7) | 1 (0.1) | 30 (2.6) | ||
Unemployed problem | 14 (3.2) | 6 (0.8) | 20 (1.7) | ||
Housing status | Personal | 172 (36.4) | 216 (25.1) | 388 (29.1) | 0.0001 |
Organizational | 6 (1.3) | 12 (1.4) | 17 (1.4) | ||
Gratuitous | 254 (53.8) | 533 (61.9) | 787 (59) | ||
Rental | 40 (8.5) | 100 (11.6) | 140 (10.5) | ||
Family structure | Nuclear family | 353 (93.6) | 636 (80.8) | 989 (85) | 0.0001 |
Extended family | 24 (6.4) | 151 (19.2) | 175 (15) | ||
Status of committing suicide | Alone | 355 (93.9) | 728 (92) | 1083 (92.6) | 0.249 |
At the presence of others | 23 (6.1) | 63 (8) | 86 (7.4) | ||
Ethnicity | Lor | 32 (8.4) | 54 (6.8) | 86 (7.3) | 0.576 |
Kord | 344 (90.5) | 734 (92.3) | 1078 (91.7) | ||
Others | 4 (1.1) | 7 (0.9) | 11 (0.9) | ||
Day Time of suicide | Morning | 44 (18.8) | 151 (24.1) | 195 (22.6) | 0.048 |
Afternoon | 33 (14.1) | 117 (18.7) | 150 (17.4) | ||
Evening | 121 (51.7) | 262 (41.8) | 383 (44.5) | ||
Night | 36 (15.4) | 97 (15.5) | 133 (15.4) | ||