Table 6 Circumstances of suicide factors
From: Establishing a minimum data set for suicide and attempted suicide registry system in Iran
Data items | Content definition | |
|---|---|---|
Date of suicide or suicide attempt | ||
Time of day | Morning | |
Noon | ||
Evening | ||
Night | ||
Day of week | ||
Month of suicide | ||
Time of month | First half | |
Second half | ||
Season | Spring | |
Summer | ||
Autumn | ||
Winter | ||
Place of the suicide act | Own home | |
Residential institution | ||
Farm | ||
Commercial building/trade service areas | ||
Industrial areas | ||
Street/highway | ||
School | ||
Polis custody | ||
Graveyard | ||
Unspecified place | ||
Suicide Method | Gunshot wound | Blunt force |
Contact with a blunt object | ||
Struck by projected object: bullet or other firearm projectiles | ||
Self-Immolation | Thermal mechanism | |
Heating | ||
Contact with fire or flame | ||
Laceration/exsanguination | Piercing, penetrating force | |
Cutting, tearing | ||
Hanging | Threats to breathing | |
Mechanical threats to breathing | ||
Hanging | ||
Jump from the high place | Blunt force | |
Contact with a blunt object | ||
Contacting static object | ||
Drowning | Threats to breathing | |
Drowning and immersion | ||
Drowning/near-drowning following fall into the water | ||
Drug overdose | Poisoning by or exposure to chemical substances | |
Poisoning by solid substances | ||
Carbon monoxide poisoning | Poisoning by or exposure to chemical substances | |
Poisoning by gaseous substance | ||
Others | ||
Motive of Suicide | Psychic problem | |
Psychical problem | ||
Economical problem | ||
Family conflict | ||
Educational problem | ||
Addiction problem | ||
Unemployed problem | ||
Recent stressful life events | ||
Type of expression of suicidal intent | Verbal expression | |
Perpetration | ||
Suicide Note | ||
Rehearsal | ||
None/unknown | ||
Status of committing suicide | Alone | |
In the presence of others | ||