Increase Suicidal Mortality Rate Among Females in District Peshawar

Authors

  • Farooq Ahmed Abro
  • Rizwan Zafar Ansari
  • Muhammad Yousaf
  • Riaz Gul
  • Anwar UI Haq
  • Zahid Hussain Khalil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37762/jgmds.5-1.12

Keywords:

Suicidal Mortality, Females, District Peshawar

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To study increased suicidal mortality rate among females in district Peshawar.

METHODOLOGY:

The bodies of women in the reproductive age who died because of fatal deliberate self-harming were examined at Forensic Medicine Department Khyber Medical College, Peshawar from January 2015 to September 2015.

RESULTS:

Forty-four bodies of females were autopsied. 13 (30%) were adolescents between the age of 10-18 years. 31 (70.4%) were aged between 19-48 years. 33 of the victims committed suicide due to health-related issues. 28 (64%) victims used poisons. In almost all cases (n=38) the incident happened when the victim was alone in house or left unattended. 30 (68%) victims were brought to hospitals for treatment. 13 were found to have recurrent attempt of self-harming.

CONCLUSION:

Females have increased tendency to commit suicide than males especially in their reproductive age. Low socioeconomic status, cultural norms, unwanted pregnancies and ill health are the major causes.

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Author Biographies

Farooq Ahmed Abro

Frontier Medical College

Rizwan Zafar Ansari

Northwest School of Medicine

Muhammad Yousaf

Khyber Medical College, Peshawar

Riaz Gul

Northwest School of Medicine

Anwar UI Haq

Northwest School of Medicine

Zahid Hussain Khalil

Kabir Medical College, Gandhara University, Peshawar, Pakistan

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Published

2018-09-01

How to Cite

Abro, F. A., Ansari, R. Z., Yousaf, M., Gul, R., Haq, A. U., & Khalil, Z. H. (2018). Increase Suicidal Mortality Rate Among Females in District Peshawar. Journal of Gandhara Medical and Dental Science, 5(1), 18–21. https://doi.org/10.37762/jgmds.5-1.12