The Prevalence of Suicide in Iran
In the meeting on suicide in Iran, the reasons and solutions for addressing it were discussed in the Etemad newspaper.
According to official reports from the National Forensic Medicine Organization, between the years 2001 and 2019, the number of suicide victims in 14 provinces of the country surpassed the national average, reaching more than 49 per 100,000 people. During this period, hanging, poisoning with chemicals and drugs, self-immolation, shooting with firearms, and jumping from heights were the most common methods of suicide in Iran. A fivefold increase in suicide by firearms in Tehran province, a tenfold increase in self-immolation in Golestan province, a fourfold increase in hanging in Tehran province, and a threefold increase in suicide by firearms in the provinces of Qom and Fars are the most notable statistics in this official report.