Incidence of Completed and Attempted Suicide in Trabzon, Turkey

This study seeks 1) to find, independent of the State Institute of Statistics (SIS) & hospital data, the annual incidences of completed & attempted suicide in Trabzon, Turkey; 2) to examine the associated factors between the incidence of completed & attempted suicide. The incidence of completed & attempted suicide per 100,000 inhabitants turned out to be 2.60 & 31.5, respectively, whereas the SIS reported the incidence of completed suicide to be 1.11 per 100,000. SIS data are inadequate for suicide research in Turkey. Our findings show that the risk of completed & attempted suicide is high in young, unmarried, & unemployed persons. Culture-specific suicide research is needed. (38 refs)