Mortality rate and years of life lost from unintentional injury and suicide in South India

TY - JOUR

T1 - Mortality rate and years of life lost from unintentional injury and suicide in South India

AU - Bose, Anuradha

AU - Konradsen, Flemming

AU - John, Jacob

AU - Suganthy, Pearline

AU - Muliyil, Jayaprakash

AU - Abraham, Sulochana

N1 - Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Age Distribution; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; India; Infant; Male; Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Rural Health; Sex Distribution; Suburban Health; Suicide; Wounds and Injuries

PY - 2006

Y1 - 2006

N2 - We calculated mortality rates and years of life lost because of unintentional injuries and suicides using community based information obtained prospectively over a 7-year period, from 1998 to 2004, among a rural and peri-urban population of 108,000 in South India. Per 100,000 population the total mortality rate for unintentional injuries and suicides combined was 137.1, with 54.9 for unintentional injuries and 82.2 for suicides respectively. Hanging and self-poisoning with pesticides were the preferred means of suicide. Unintentional injuries and suicides resulted in 26.9% of total life years lost over the study period while 18.9% of all deaths in the population were attributable to unintentional injuries and suicides in the same period. The high burden is particularly notable in the 15-29 age group, where up to 70% of years of life lost are due to injury. The burden of injuries reported in this study is significantly higher than the figures reflected in available reports for India and is likely due to the under reporting in routine mortality statistics, particularly of suicides.

AB - We calculated mortality rates and years of life lost because of unintentional injuries and suicides using community based information obtained prospectively over a 7-year period, from 1998 to 2004, among a rural and peri-urban population of 108,000 in South India. Per 100,000 population the total mortality rate for unintentional injuries and suicides combined was 137.1, with 54.9 for unintentional injuries and 82.2 for suicides respectively. Hanging and self-poisoning with pesticides were the preferred means of suicide. Unintentional injuries and suicides resulted in 26.9% of total life years lost over the study period while 18.9% of all deaths in the population were attributable to unintentional injuries and suicides in the same period. The high burden is particularly notable in the 15-29 age group, where up to 70% of years of life lost are due to injury. The burden of injuries reported in this study is significantly higher than the figures reflected in available reports for India and is likely due to the under reporting in routine mortality statistics, particularly of suicides.

U2 - 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01707.x

DO - 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01707.x

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 17002729

SN - 1360-2276

VL - 11

SP - 1553

EP - 1556

JO - Tropical Medicine & International Health

JF - Tropical Medicine & International Health

IS - 10

ER -