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Epidemiological Study of Suicide in Croatia (1993–2003) – Comparison of Mediterranean and Continental Areas

Authors: Karlović, Dalibor; Gale, Ruža; Thaller, Vlatko; Martinac, Marko; Matošić, Ana; Katinić, Križo;

Epidemiological Study of Suicide in Croatia (1993–2003) – Comparison of Mediterranean and Continental Areas

Abstract

The aim of this study is to analyze eventual differences in characteristic of suicide between two areas of the Republic of Croatia, mediterranean and continental, according to the following variables: suicidal rates, season, month, day, method, places, socioeconomic variables such as gender, ages, marital status, employment, education, and psychiatric or medical characteristic. Data were collected from the Suicide register of the Ministry of Interior, and Croatian Bureau of Statistic. Analysis was done on all suicide cases committed in the period 1993-2003. According to the Suicide Register of Ministry of Interior, 11,359 suicides were reported in period between 1993 and 2003. The average suicide rate in the Mediterranean area was lower (16.44 suicides per year) than in continental area of Croatia (26.34 suicides per year). Suicide committers in the Mediterranean area was statistically significant younger than suicide committers in the continental area of Croatia. In the continental area male suicide committers were more often than in the Mediterranean area of Croatia. In the Mediterranean area suicide committers were in most cases with high school education while in continental area of Croatia most cases of suicide committers were with elementary school education. Alcohol dependence, family conflicts, and medical disorders were more often present as suicidal motive in suicide committers in continental area of Croatia than in the Mediterranean area where undefined and unknown reason of suicide is present in majority of suicide cases. Cold steel, drowning, and jumping from height were more often present as suicidal method in the Mediterranean area of Croatia opposite to continental area of Croatia where jumping in front of car or train and suicide with firearms and explosive were more often. Also, in the Mediterranean area of Croatia suicides was mostly committed on open spaces and public places while in continental area of Croatia suicides was mostly committed in private plot.

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Adult, Male, Adolescent, Croatia, Statistics, Nonparametric, socio-demographic characteristics, Suicide ; Croatia, Residence Characteristics, Risk Factors, Humans, Child, suicide, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Mediterranean Region, continental area, Middle Aged, suicide motive, Suicide, mediterranean area, Socioeconomic Factors, Female, suicide method

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