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The Pattern of Completed Suicides Seen in Kuala Lumpur General Hospital 1999

Hayati A.N., and Salina A.A., and Abdullah A.A., and Eusni R.T., and Mansar A.H., (2004) The Pattern of Completed Suicides Seen in Kuala Lumpur General Hospital 1999. Medical Journal of Malaysia, 59 (2). pp. 190-198. ISSN 0300-5283

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Hospital Kuala Lumpur.Dept of Psychiatry.
Hospital Kuala Lumpur.Dept of Psychiatry.
Hospital Kuala Lumpur.Dept of Psychiatry.
Hospital Kuala Lumpur.Dept of Forensic Pathology.
Hospital Kuala Lumpur.Dept of Forensic Pathology.

Abstract

A study was done on 76 suicide cases managed by the Forensic Pathology Department of Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) from January till December 1999 to explore the pattern of suicide and psychiatric history. The Chinese contributed 52% (n=40) of cases followed by the Indians (29%, n=22) and the Malays (12%, n=9). After the age of sixty, 84.6% of the subjects were Chinese. The common methods of suicide were poisoning (39%), hanging (34%) and jumping from height (22%), Four out of 12 case-notes traced had documented psychiatric history i.e. schizophrenia. Conclusion: the suicide rate for Kuala Lumpur is estimated at 7.4 per 100,000. The Indians has the highest suicide rate of 21.1 per 100,000 in keeping with other local studies. The suicide rate for the Chinese is 8.6 per 100,000, but it increased to 23 per 100,000 among the elderly Chinese. The suicide rate for Malays is 2.6 per 100,000, higher than what was cited in previous local studies. The incidence of jumping from height as a suicide method had doubled over the last 2 decades.

Item Type:Journal
Keywords:Suicide, Kuala Lumpur, Age, Ethnicity, Methods of suicide, Malaysia
Subjects:R Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing
ID Code:6005

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