Aliasghar Ahmad Kiadaliri|Soheil Saadat|Hossein Shahnavazi|Hassan Haghparast?Bidgoli
Overall, gender and social inequalities in suicide mortality in Iran, 2006-2010: a time trend province-level study
Lund University|Kerman University of Medical Sciences|Institute for Futures Studies|Sina Hospital|Tehran University of Medical Sciences|Iranian Legal Medicine Organization|University College London
h3objectivesh3 suicide major global health problem imposing considerable burden populations terms disabilityadjusted life years increasing trend fatal attempted suicide iran past decades aim current study assess overall gender social inequalities across irans provinces 20062010 h3designh3 ecological study h3settingh3 data distribution population provinces obtained statistical centre iran data annual number deaths caused suicide province gathered iranian forensic medicine organization h3methodsh3 suicide mortality rate per 100 000 population calculated human development index used provinces social rank gini coefficient rate ratio kunst mackenbach relative index inequality used assess overall gender social inequalities respectively annual percentage change calculated using joinpoint regression h3resultsh3 suicide mortality slightly increased iran 20062010 substantial constant overall inequality across country study period maletofemale rate ratio 234 95 ci 145 379 period social inequalities suicide mortality favour people betteroff provinces addition increasing trend social disparities time although statistically significant h3conclusionsh3 found substantial overall gender social disparities distribution suicide mortality across provinces iran findings showed men provinces low socioeconomic status higher risk suicide mortality analyses needed explain disparities