Table 1.
Demographic features of committed suicide subjects (n = 73) in both cities.
| Variables | Khorramabad | Khoohdasht | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | |
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 9 | 27.3 | 15 | 37.5 |
| Female | 24 | 72.7 | 25 | 62.5 |
| Age | ||||
| <14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 |
| 15–19 | 11 | 33.3 | 6 | 15 |
| 20–24 | 10 | 30.3 | 18 | 45 |
| 25–29 | 4 | 12.1 | 8 | 20 |
| 30–34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35–39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 40–44 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 45+ | 5 | 15.2 | 5 | 12.5 |
| Years of education | ||||
| Illiterate and <6 | 13 | 39.4 | 13 | 32.5 |
| 7–12 | 7 | 21.2 | 16 | 40 |
| >12 | 13 | 39.4 | 11 | 27.5 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Single | 18 | 54.5 | 21 | 52.5 |
| Married | 14 | 42.4 | 17 | 42.5 |
| Unknown | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Job status | ||||
| Unemployed | 8 | 24.2 | 6 | 15 |
| Housewife | 13 | 39.4 | 14 | 35 |
| Self-employed | — | — | 2 | 5 |
| Student | 4 | 12.1 | 5 | 12.5 |
| Others | 1 | 3.8 | 3 | 7.5 |
| Unknown | 7 | 21.2 | 10 | 25 |
| Area of inhabitant | ||||
| Urban | 7 | 21.2 | 18 | 45 |
| Rural | 26 | 78.8 | 22 | 55 |