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Aim and Background: Suicide is one of the social and psychological problems. Hamadan province is one of the three provinces with high rate of suicide in Iran. The aim of this study was to determine the rate of attempting suicide and the major effective factors in Bahar, Hamadan province. Methods and Materials: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 107 cases attempted to suicide from Jun 2007 to Oct 2008. The data were collected by questionnaire and analysed using Chi squared and Logistic regression tests. Findings: The rate of attempting suicide was 67 per 100000 in Bahar; of these 53.3% were males and 46.7 females. The highest rate of suicide was observed among 15-24 years old persons and the mean age for suicide was 26.8 ± 1.13 years. About 52.3% of the subjects were single and 59.8% of them were resided in urban area. Most of the suicide attempters were unemployed (29.8%) and housewife (67.5%) in the male and female group respectively. The most common method of suicide attempts was taking drugs (50.5%). Family problem with spouse and parents has been founded as the most common cause of suicide. Conclusions: Findings showed that 82% of the suicide actors were under the age of 30 and so special attention should be paid to them and their needs ought to be identified.

Keywords: Suicide, Suicide attempted, Bahar, Hamadan.

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