BACKGROUND Globally, there is a growing concern over pesticides use, which has been linked to self-harm and suicide. However, there is paucity of research on the epidemiology of pesticides poisoning in Nepal. This study is aimed at assessing epidemiological features of pesticides poisoning among hospital-admitted cases in selected hospitals of Chitwan District of Nepal. METHODS A hospital-bas...

background: suicide is one of the most important health problems in communities and knowledge of rates and epidemiology of it in any region could help in control and preventing programs .longitudinal registration of annual death data has been employed in this study. methods: in an analytical and cross sectional study pre conducted forms of suicide was engaged to register data , crude and specif...

Availability of drugs with high lethality has been hypothesized to increase the risk of self-poisoning suicides. A literature search concerning deliberate self-poisoning and the effect of restricting access to drugs was conducted, and the effect of restrictions in availability of barbiturates, tricyclic antidepressants, dextropropoxyphene, and weak analgesics was reviewed. The correlations betw...

there has been a great deal of reseacrh on the epidemiologic indicators and correlates of attempted suicide in different countries. however, the number of local researches in iran has been scanty. in a cross sectional study, during a one year period, from june 22, 1991 to june 21, 1992, all consecutive referrals for suicide attempt to three centers which covered all referrals due to self poison...

Parasuicide has become an increasingly common response to emotional distress in young adults. The general pattern of parasuicide shows variations among the developing countries. The objectives of this study were to determine the pattern of parasuicide and suicide beside comparing the characteristics between different ethnic groups. The study was a retrospective case review of all parasuicide ca...

BACKGROUND Between 1950 and 1995 suicide rates in Sri Lanka increased 8-fold to a peak of 47 per 100,000 in 1995. By 2005, rates had halved. We investigated whether Sri Lanka's regulatory controls on the import and sale of pesticides that are particularly toxic to humans were responsible for these changes in the incidence of suicide. METHODS Ecological analysis using graphical and descriptive...

BACKGROUND The analgesic co-proxamol (paracetamol/dextropropoxyphene combination) has been widely involved in fatal poisoning. Concerns about its safety/effectiveness profile and widespread use for suicidal poisoning prompted its withdrawal in the UK in 2005, with partial withdrawal between 2005 and 2007, and full withdrawal in 2008. Our objective in this study was to assess the association bet...

Paraquat is a substance that is highly poisonous to humans. Oral ingestion is the most common pathway of poisoning. Intravenous paraquat poisoning is rare and is strongly associated with attempted suicide. The clinical presentations of such a scenario would appear to be quite different from those of oral ingestion. Herein, we present a case of an intravenous drug abuser who injected paraquat in...

Method Data were extracted from the Annual Reports of the Registrar General for Scotland between 1990 and 1996. The three digit ICD9 codes relevant to drug related deaths are E950 (“Suicide and self inflicted poisoning by solid or liquid substances”), E980 (“Poisoning by solid or liquid substances, undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted”), 304 (“Drug dependence”), and 305 (“No...