J Korean Soc Emerg Med.  2014 Apr;25(2):152-158.

Characteristics of Self-injury, Suicide by Sex, Age, Educational Attainments and Occupation

• Kim J
• Oh J

Abstract

PURPOSE
In an effort to determine the characteristics of suicide, which is a serious social problem, we analyzed the relationship with gender, age, educational level, occupation, and suicidal attempt and completed suicide. The results of this study could serve as fundamental material for suicide preventive education and improvement of health.
METHODS
General characteristics of completed suicide, attempted suicide, and total injured according to gender, age, educational level, and occupation were compared using the injury surveillance dataset, the material from in-depth investigation of patients in the emergency room. All injuries from suicidal attempts and completed suicide of suicidal attempts were analyzed by logistic regression.
RESULTS
The rate of injury by attempted suicide was higher in women than in men; however, completed suicide showed more male dominance, in comparison with other injuries. And, for age, the highest was observed for 30-40s. The lower educational attainment subgroup showed the highest level of attempt, and for the occupation, unemployed, skilled agriculture or fishery workers, soldiers, students, and housewives showed the highest value.
CONCLUSION
Vulnerable demographic and socioeconomic groups, including women, low level of education, unemployed, skilled agriculture or fishery workers, soldiers, students, and housewives are weaken to attempted suicide, and intensive management, education, and supportive policy are necessary to those groups.

Keyword

Attempted suicide; Completed suicide; Socioeconomic factors

MeSH Terms

Agriculture
Dataset
Education
Emergency Service, Hospital
Female
Fisheries
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Military Personnel
Occupations*
Social Problems
Socioeconomic Factors
Suicide*
Suicide, Attempted