This report documents 1746 suicidal incident in Egypt during the period from 2011 to 2017. n terms of incidents, 2017 had the largest number of incidents with a total of 422 incident, followed by 2015 which had a number of 295, 2011 had the least number of incidents with a total of 152, this number assumed to be due to either outdated information or because most of information sources were busy with covering the January 25th uprising which supposed to affect other news coverage, including suicidal incidents. This research, also, covered the incidents of suicidal attempts, which amounted 283 incidents, except in some cases will be listed and explained in the research methodology below.
According to the geographic track of this observatory, Giza governorate had the highest number of incidents with a total of 334 incidents, of which 39 were suicidal attempts, followed by Cairo governorate with a total of 230 incidents, of which 53 were suicidal attempts in the number of incidents, South and North Sinai provinces had 5 incidents in each province, including two suicidal attempts in South Sinai province and one suicidal attempt in North Sinai province
The observatory distributed suicidal incidents based on both age and gender categories, accordingly, males were more inclined to commit suicide with a total of 1245 incident while females total incidents were 501 located. adults had the largest proportion of committing suicide with total of 1031 incident (of which 140 were suicidal attempts), followed by adolescent with total of 279 incidents (including 47 suicidal attempts), and then the elders with a total of 33 incidents (3 of which were suicidal attempts), and other 403 incidents (93 cases of suicidal attempts) there was no age information provided.
The observatory also pointed out that the student category was the largest category tends to suicide with a total of 287 incident, followed by housewives with a total of 219 incident, followed by workers with a total of 187 incident, while fugitives with pending issues “high-risk offenders” were the least with a total of 12 incident, followed by detained and farmers with a total of 36 incidents for each.
As for the suicidal methods used, hanging was the most used method with a total of 650 incidents, jumping from a high place a total of 311 incidents, followed by the ingestion of toxic substances with a total of 183 incidents, and then suicide by a firearm with a total of 158 incidents.
The causes of suicide were mostly family-related issues with a total of 489 incidents (81 cases of attempting suicide), followed by illness issues with a total of 321 incidents (20 cases of attempting suicide), followed by financial issues with a total of 255 (including 42 suicidal attempts), while Profession related issues were the lowest with 32 ( including 20 were suicidal attempts), followed by emotional issues with a total of 85 incidents (14 of them were suicidal attempts). followed by educational difficulties with a total of 89 incidents ( 26 were suicidal attempts).
The distribution of suicides in Egypt according to the method of suicide related to age group. For elders, jumping from a high place is most frequently used with a total of 9 facts, followed by hanging with a total of 8 facts, followed by firearms with a total of 5 facts. For adults, the most widely used means was hanging with a total of 406, followed by jumping from a high place with a total of 182 incidents, followed by toxic swallowing substances with a total of 102 incidents. For the minors, the most common method was hanging with a total of 117, followed by swallowing toxic substances 51 incident, followed by jumping from a high place with a total of 34 incident.
The Observatory explained the distribution of suicides in Egypt according to the method of suicide and gender,report shows that males were mostly used hanging to suicide, with 562 incidents, followed by jumping from a high place with a total of 170 incidents, while females were more likely to jump from a high place with a total of 141 incidents, followed by swallowing toxic for 104 incidents.
As for the location of the incident during the observatory timeframe, private property was the most frequently used for the total of 1174 incidents, followed by public property with a total of 220, followed by watercourse with total of 114 incidents.
The report shows a statistical path for suicide incidents according to suicide method and job category, hanging was commonly used mean among most of professions included in this report, students came on top with a total of 114 incidents, followed by workers with 88 incidents, the unemployed category had 66 incidents, the category “others” had 49 incidents, craftsmen had 68 in total, freelancers 28 incidents, armed forces members 11 incidents, farmers 19 incidents, and detainees had a total of 23 incidents, while the method of jumping from a high place is the most used by housewives with a total of 64 incidents, and for the category of high-risk offenders firearms had the highest rate as a suicide mean with a total of 4 incidents.
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