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. 2024 Mar 18;24(1):e00605. doi: 10.34172/jrhs.2024.140

Table 4. Age-specific and gender-specificYLL and YLL rate due to suicide methods reported from the Iranian Forensic Medicine Organization between March 2016 and March 2020 .

Age Groups (yr)/ Gender No. of YLL (year) YLL Rate (per 1000 persons)
Hanging Self-
poisoning
Self-
immolation
Firearms Jumping
from Height
Others Hanging Self-
poisoning
Self-
immolation
Firearms Jumping
from Height
Others
5-14
Male 11,189.3 1,004.5 133.9 602.8 340 133.8 1.67 0.15 0.02 0.09 0.05 0.02
Female 8790 3096 492 281.3 1411.4 211.2 1.38 0.49 0.08 0.04 0.22 0.03
Both 19,979.3 4100.5 625.9 884.1 1751.4 345 1.53 0.31 0.05 0.07 0.13 0.03
15-29
Male 160,856.7 75,469.5 8130.1 32,904.6 10,220.7 11,979.3 17.33 8.13 0.88 3.54 1.1 1.29
Female 67,463.8 55,856.4 17,427.4 6145.8 14,202.6 5927.5 7.51 6.22 1.94 0.68 1.58 0.66
Both 228,320.5 131,325.9 25,557.5 39,050.4 24,423.3 17,906.8 12.5 7.19 1.4 2.14 1.34 0.98
30-44
Male 122,113.9 47,128.5 10,066.2 10,994.2 9,046.5 11,078.6 10.49 4.05 0.86 0.94 0.78 0.95
Female 25,954.3 31,660.5 11,118.5 751.1 5146.7 3350.4 2.28 2.79 0.98 0.07 0.45 0.29
Both 148,068.2 78,789 21,184.7 11,745.3 14,193.2 14,429 6.44 3.43 0.92 0.51 0.62 0.63
45-59
Male 41,516.4 15,797.4 2,621.1 3317.8 2,077.3 3,753 6.25 2.38 0.39 0.5 0.31 0.56
Female 7843.5 8057.3 3186.2 136.2 1644 838.7 1.20 1.24 0.49 0.02 0.25 0.13
Both 49,359.9 23,854.7 5807.3 3,454 3,721.3 4591.7 3.75 1.81 0.44 0.26 0.28 0.35
60-74
Male 9079.5 3336.3 478 1031 939.1 977.4 2.98 1.09 0.16 0.34 0.31 0.32
Female 2142.7 1563 855.7 45.4 419.6 238.3 0.65 0.48 0.26 0.01 0.13 0.07
Both 11,222.2 4899.3 1333.7 1076.4 1358.7 1215.7 1.77 0.77 0.21 0.17 0.21 0.19
75-84
Male 1165.5 440.9 111.3 133 176.3 119.6 1.73 0.66 0.17 0.2 0.26 0.18
Female 239.6 158.3 70.5 0 18.9 27.1 0.35 0.23 0.10 0 0.03 0.04
Both 1405.1 599.2 181.8 133 195.2 146.7 1.04 0.44 0.13 0.1 0.14 0.11
 ≥ 85
Male 353.7 115.7 24.4 55 30.5 24.3 1.31 0.43 0.1 0.2 0.11 0.09
Female 63.5 5.8 0.0 0.0 5.7 0.0 0.23 0.02 0.0 0.0 0.02 0.0
Both 417.2 121.5 24.4 55 36.2 24.3 0.77 0.22 0.04 0.1 0.07 0.04
Total
Male 346,275 143,292.9 21,565 49,038.4 22,830.4 28,066 9.05 3.75 0.56 1.28 0.6 0.73
Female 112,497.4 100,397.3 33,150.3 7359.8 22,848.9 10,593.2 3.00 2.68 0.88 0.2 0.61 0.28
Both 458,772.4 243,690.2 54,715.3 56,398.2 45,679.3 38,659.2 6.06 3.22 0.72 0.74 0.6 0.5

Note. YLL: Years of life lost; No: Number.