Evaluation of suicide statistics in Türkiye between 2015 and 2024

IF 1.4 4区医学 Q3 MEDICINE, LEGAL

Legal Medicine Pub Date : 2026-07-01 Epub Date: 2026-06-19 DOI:10.1016/j.legalmed.2026.102896

Mehmet Alp İnce, Esra İnce, Ali Metin Düzcan

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Abstract

This study aims to evaluate suicide statistics from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT) from 2015 to 2024 in terms of demographic and sociocultural characteristics, while also providing a forensic medicine perspective through comparison with the literature.

Suicide data were obtained from TURKSTAT's “Cause of Death Statistics” database and classified according to age group, sex, marital status, educational level, cause, and method of suicide.

The annual crude suicide rate in Türkiye ranged between 3.94 and 5.22 per 100,000 population, with males consistently exhibiting a substantially higher mortality risk than females (6.84 vs. 2.14). Across specific age cohorts, sex-specific suicide rates peaked among young adult males aged 25–29 (11.27) and elderly males aged over 75 (11.98), whereas the highest rate among females was observed in the 15–19 age bracket (4.76). Disease-related factors represented the leading category among specified administrative causes (peaking at 1.31), while hanging emerged as the predominant method, accounting for 47.03% of all cumulative cases. By educational attainment, the highest longitudinal suicide rates over the decade were consistently documented among individuals with lower secondary (up to 8.32) and upper secondary education (up to 7.67).

These findings suggest that suicide mortality in Türkiye is associated with a complex interplay of systemic health problems, socioeconomic stressors, and distinct sociodemographic vulnerabilities rather than isolated psychiatric conditions. Consequently, integrating macro-level epidemiological insights and sociocultural dimensions into forensic medical evaluations can support the development of targeted public health interventions and evidence-based preventive policies.

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2015 - 2024年日本自杀统计评估。

本研究旨在评估土耳其统计研究所（TURKSTAT） 2015年至2024年的自杀统计数据的人口和社会文化特征，同时通过与文献的比较提供法医学视角。自杀数据来自TURKSTAT的“死亡原因统计”数据库，并根据年龄、性别、婚姻状况、教育程度、原因和自杀方法进行分类。日本每年的粗自杀率在每10万人中3.94至5.22人之间，男性的死亡率始终高于女性（6.84比2.14）。在特定年龄群中，年龄在25-29岁的年轻成年男性自杀率最高（11.27），年龄在75岁以上的老年男性自杀率最高（11.98），而15-19岁年龄段的女性自杀率最高（4.76）。在指定的行政原因中，疾病相关因素占主要类别（最高为1.31），而绞刑是主要的方法，占所有累积病例的47.03%。从受教育程度来看，十年来纵向自杀率最高的人一直是初中（高达8.32）和高中（高达7.67）。这些发现表明，斯里兰卡的自杀死亡率与系统性健康问题、社会经济压力源和独特的社会人口脆弱性的复杂相互作用有关，而不是孤立的精神疾病。因此，将宏观层面的流行病学见解和社会文化层面纳入法医评估，可支持制定有针对性的公共卫生干预措施和循证预防政策。

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Legal Medicine Nursing-Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects

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2.80

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6.70%

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119

审稿时长

7.9 weeks

期刊介绍： Legal Medicine provides an international forum for the publication of original articles, reviews and correspondence on subjects that cover practical and theoretical areas of interest relating to the wide range of legal medicine. Subjects covered include forensic pathology, toxicology, odontology, anthropology, criminalistics, immunochemistry, hemogenetics and forensic aspects of biological science with emphasis on DNA analysis and molecular biology. Submissions dealing with medicolegal problems such as malpractice, insurance, child abuse or ethics in medical practice are also acceptable.