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Introduction: Man confronts crisis and problems during his life and sometimes because of several pressures commits suicide to escape and save himself. Suicide occurs in all classes of the society. Some of the demographic and social variables affecting suicide attempt are: age, sex, marital status, job, economic problems, communication and emotional problems, mental disorders and physical illness. Matrial and methods: This was a descriptive- analytic study carried out on 466 suicidal cases during a year in which the samplings referred to the emergency unit of Emam Khomeini hospital. Method of data collection was a questionnaire which was completed through the interviews. Raw data were analyzed by the SpSS software. Results: There was a significant difference between the following facetors: age(P=0/26), education (p=0), sex (p<0/05), marital status ( p=0/037), economic stress (p=0/001), job stress (p=0), marital and sexual stress (p=0) and suicide attempt. Conclusion: Communication and emotional problems especially in women and economic&nbsp; and job stress in men had the greatest role in suicide attempt in Falavarjan. Due to the sudden suicide attempt and the age group at risk of suicide -15-24 year- it is characterized that emotional immaturity lack of commuincation and poor problem solving skills - especially in these ages - can be involved in suicide attempt .

Keywords: suicide, suicide attempt, stress, stressfull events

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