MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL OF FAMILY MEDICINE • VOLUME 7, ISSUE 10 68 WORLD FAMILY MEDICINE/MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL OF FAMILY MEDICINE VOLUME 15 ISSUE 7, SEPTEMBER 2017 An epidemiological study of suicide attempts and to determine the correlation between attempted suicide causes and demographic characteristics of people in Kermanshah Province during a year Hamid Reza Shetabi (1) Samira Rostami (1) Mohsen Mohammadi (1) Mahsa Cheleii (1) Lida Saedi (1) Saba Amiri_Nasab (1) Shirin Zardui GolAnbari (2) (1) Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran (2) The group of health Information Technology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran Correspondence: Shirin Zardui GolAnbari The group of health Information Technology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran Abstract Introduction: Suicide is a hidden problem, avoidable and tragic in the public health community. Suicide is due to consequences of social, economic and psychological damages imposed by the community. The suicide rate in Kermanshah province is very high and alarming. This study was carried out with the aim to evaluate the personal characteristics and risk factors of suicide attempts. Materials and Methods: The population of this descriptive and analytical study was people who committed suicide in 2014 and have been trans- ferred to hospitals in Kermanshah and this study examined people who had acknowledged individu- ally or =through companions, their wish to suicide. To collect information the Check list consisting of information regarding suicide and social effective factors in suicide, was used. Findings: A total of 2,501 people who had committed suicide were studied. Most suicide attempts in both genders were seen in the category less than 20 years and a total of 74.4 percent of people who commit suicided were below 30 years. In all age groups more women than men had committed suicide. Statistics on suicide in married women was twice that of single women. More unmarried men than married men had attempted suicide. In most of them, the most common cause was confict with parents and confict with their wife and so it was due to psychological problems. Relationships causing suicides, by individual characteristics of suicide attempters, was signifcant. Discussion and Conclusion: Identifying some factors for predicting the risk of suicide from look- ing at epidemiological studies on people who have attempted suicide can be a good practice for prevention by social planners, and health offcers. Key words: attempted suicide, causes of attempted suicide POPULATION AND COMMUNITY STUDIES