Year: 1991 Source: West Indian Medical Journal, v.40, no.2, (June 1991), p.69-73 SIEC No: 19920272

An epidemiological evaluation was conducted on 270 patients who died because of deliberate self-poisoning between January 1986 & June 1990. The male to female ratio was 2.7:1. The majority of victims were in the age group 11-34 years. Lovers quarrels, psychiatric illness & family disputes were reported as the most frequent precipitating events in suicide. Depression was the most common psychiatric illness diagnosed. Paraquat & other agrochemicals were the most frequently used poisons. (16 refs.)