Department of Forensic Medicine, Medical Faculty of Van Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey.
Forensic Medicine Unit, Tokat State Hospital, Tokat, Turkey.
J Forensic Sci. 2022 Sep;67(5):1858-1866. doi: 10.1111/1556-4029.15086. Epub 2022 Jun 26.
The assessment of national suicide risks is considered critical in many countries for the establishment of suicide prevention initiatives aimed at considerably lowering suicide rates. The aim of this study is to identify at-risk suicide populations by reviewing the suicides in Turkey over a 25-year period. The Turkish Statistical Institute's suicide statistics for 1995-2019 in Turkey was retrospectively reviewed in current article. The data collected in the study was statistically analyzed using the MINITAB vn 14 software. Between 1995 and 2019, the total number of suicides in Turkey was 66,819, and suicide rates, especially in males, showed an increasing trend in this period. Males comprised 68.3% of the total cases, and most (27.2%) were aged 15-24 years. Suicides mostly occurred between May and July (27.7%), of individuals with a primary school level of education (51.7%) and who were married (6.0 per 100,000). Illness was most important risk factor for suicide (36.8%) and hanging (47.5%) was the leading suicide method in all age groups and in both genders. Despite the fact that Turkey's suicide rate is lower than many other countries, the growth in male suicide rates is concerning. Suicides are likely to become a severe problem in Turkey in the near future unless measures like education, psychiatric evaluations, the reactivation of psychological counseling service phone lines, and the establishment of youth counseling centers, as described in this paper, are taken.
评估国家自杀风险被认为在许多国家至关重要，因为这些国家制定了旨在大幅降低自杀率的预防自杀举措。本研究旨在通过回顾土耳其 25 年来的自杀情况，确定有自杀风险的人群。本文回顾了土耳其统计研究所 1995-2019 年期间土耳其的自杀统计数据。研究中收集的数据使用 MINITAB vn 14 软件进行了统计分析。1995 年至 2019 年间，土耳其的自杀总人数为 66819 人，在此期间，自杀率特别是男性自杀率呈上升趋势。男性占总案例的 68.3%，大多数（27.2%）年龄在 15-24 岁之间。自杀大多发生在 5 月至 7 月（27.7%），自杀者受教育程度大多为小学（51.7%），已婚（每 10 万人中有 6.0 人）。疾病是自杀的最重要危险因素（36.8%），所有年龄段和性别中，上吊（47.5%）都是主要自杀方式。尽管土耳其的自杀率低于许多其他国家，但男性自杀率的上升令人担忧。除非采取本文所述的措施，如教育、精神病评估、重新启用心理咨询服务热线以及建立青年咨询中心等，否则土耳其在不久的将来可能会成为自杀问题严重的国家。
