Zahra Jalilian; Fathola Mohamadian; Yousef Veisani; Sasan Ahmadi
Volume 11, Issue 4 , October 2023, , Pages 167-172
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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the death trend and years of life lost (YLL) caused by social harmin Ilam province.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Ilam province from 2009 to 2019. To estimate YLL, alldeaths caused by suicide, homicide, and addiction were included in the ...
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Objective: This study aimed to investigate the death trend and years of life lost (YLL) caused by social harmin Ilam province.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in Ilam province from 2009 to 2019. To estimate YLL, alldeaths caused by suicide, homicide, and addiction were included in the study. The data were collected from theForensic Medicine Organization. The analysis was carried out using SPSS software (version 23.0). A p-valueof <0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: Between 2009 and 2019, there were 1712 occurrences of suicide, homicide, and addiction, whichresulted in a total of 62,605 years of lost life (53,934 per 100,000 people). The highest frequency was relatedto the age group of 15-29 years, while the lowest was related to the age group of 0-14 years (p<0.001). Duringthe studied period, men were more likely than women to commit suicide, homicide, and addiction in Ilam(p>0.439). Between 2009 and 2019, the number of suicides and homicides in Ilam province started a decreasingtrend for both sexes, while the number of deaths caused by addiction was increasing.Conclusion: The results of this study indicated that the age groups of 15-29 years had the highest rate ofYLL is caused by suicide, homicide, and addiction for both sexes. Furthermore, the findings showed that YLLdecreased for suicide and homicide, but increased for addiction.
Yousef Veisani; Amin Bakhtiyari; Fathola Mohamadian
Volume 10, Issue 1 , January 2022, , Pages 16-20
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Objective: To provide detailed of suicide and homicide mortality and calculate of years of life lost (YLLs) in Ilam province Iran, during 2014-2018. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, all deaths due to suicide and homicide were enrolled to estimate YLLs, in Ilam province between 2014-2018. ...
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Objective: To provide detailed of suicide and homicide mortality and calculate of years of life lost (YLLs) in Ilam province Iran, during 2014-2018. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, all deaths due to suicide and homicide were enrolled to estimate YLLs, in Ilam province between 2014-2018. The source of data was legal medicine organization (LMO). All analysis was performed at 0.05 significant levels using statistical software package STATA for Windows version 11.2 and SPSS 21 software. Results: The total YLLs of suicide and homicide were 15685 and 5317, respectively. 522 per 100,000 populations were suicide and 117 for homicide. The YLL and 95% confidence interval form suicide was 34.4 (32.8-36.1) for both sexes that 33.7 (31.6-35.8) for men, and 35.5 (32.7-38.3) for women. In this study period, YLLs rate began to increase over the years in both injury-related in 2016. Conclusion: Results of this study disclosed the most prominent contribution of men and peoples aged 15-29 to the YLLs. Also our results indicate a recent increase in suicide and homicide YLLs for both genders.
