Sociodemographic and ethnocultural aspects of suicide in the Republic of Tajikistan

N.M. Sharopova, T. Sharipov, R.A. Tursunov

Chair of Psychiatry and Addiction named after prof. M.G.Gulyamov Avicenna TSMU

The paper presents the data analysis of suicidal behavior among the population of Tajikistan. Over the study period (2005-2010) 659 suicide attempts among 264 men and 395 women was studied, of which 38,5% of cases were completed and 61,5% – uncompleted auto-aggressive action.

In the age groups 15-19 years, 20-24 years, 25-29 years, the number of women is much higher than the number of male suicides. The largest number of suicides occurred in the 15-19 age group (n=126) – 23 (18%) men and 103 (82%) of women and 20-24 years (n=161) – 53 (33%) men and 108 (67%) were women, which is due, above all, stay the men of this age in the labor migration.

Analysis of the relationship of suicide with a place of residence showed that the largest number of suicides (53,6%; n=353) performed by villagers. Higher education among men was in 20% of women – only 7%, indicating that the ethnocultural characteristics of suicides in Tajikistan - namely, the girls and women traditionally have fewer opportunities for education, including higher education.

The most common way of suicide is poisoning by medicines, vinegar essence (43%), followed by suicides hang himself (28%), the third – the self-immolation (22%).

Suicides among employment the highest percentage accountedthe housewives (42%), employers (19%), temporarily not working (18%), younger and older school age (10%).

Keywords: suicide, suicides, autoaggressive actions, ethnocultural features.

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