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The pattern of completed suicides seen in Kuala Lumpur General Hospital 1999

Hayati AN 1 , Salina AA 2 , Abdullah AA 3 , Eusni RT 4 , Mansar AH 5

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  • 1 A N Hayati, MMed (Psych). Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, 50586 Kuala Lumpur
  • 2 A A Salina, MMed (Psych). Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, 50586 Kuala Lumpur
  • 3 A A Abdullah, MPM. Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, 50586 Kuala Lumpur
  • 4 R T Eusni, MBBS. Department of Forensic Pathology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, 50586 Kuala Lumpur
  • 5 A H Mansar, DFM. Department of Forensic Pathology, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, 50586 Kuala Lumpur
Med J Malaysia, 2004 Jun;59(2):190-8.
PMID: 15559169 MyJurnal

Abstract

A study was done on 76 suicide cases managed by the Forensic Pathology Department of Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) from January till December 1999 to explore the pattern of suicide and psychiatric history. The Chinese contributed 52% (n=40) of cases followed by the Indians (29%, n=22) and the Malays (12%, n=9). After the age of sixty, 84.6% of the subjects were Chinese. The common methods of suicide were poisoning (39%), hanging (34%) and jumping from height (22%). Four out of 12 case-notes traced had documented psychiatric history i.e. schizophrenia.

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