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.