epidemiology of suicide attempt in noor city, 2017 to 2020

Background: suicide is a phenomenon that has plagued mankind for many years from traditionalrelationships to complex urban relationships today and in the ups and downs of socialdevelopments, it has hurt the hearts and souls of families and society. suicide as a behavior is adeath committed by oneself.method: the present study is a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study. the sample includesall clients of the emergency center of imam khomeini hospital in noor city and forensicmedicine in the province from 2017 to 2020. by completing a questionnaire in the hospital andbeing visited by an emergency physician and following up with psychologists in the healthnetwork, suicide attempts of these clients have been confirmed. data were analyzed using spsssoftware.results: the results showed that in the years 2017-2020, more than half (67-73%) of those whoattempted suicide were women and included age groups between 15-34 years (44-45%) of whichabout (51-62%) are married and (53-56%) are in urban areas motivated by family problems anddisputes; and they attempted suicide by the predominant method of drug poisoning.conclusion: the findings show that the number of suicide attempts is increasing and the numberof married women who have attempted suicide is significant, which indicates the need to increaseeducation in communication and life skills and it may be possible to program people's access tocontrolled drugs.