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  • Title: Drugs and suicide attempts in Benin City, Nigeria.
    Author: Eferakeya AE.
    Journal: Br J Psychiatry; 1984 Jul; 145():70-3. PubMed ID: 6743947.
    Abstract:
    A review of reported cases of attempted suicide in Benin City indicates that the incidence has not increased over the four-year period 1978 to 1981, during which the average crude suicide attempt rate was 7 per 100,000. Eighty seven per cent of the attempters were under the age of 30, but the commonest age-group was 15-19 years (39.4 per cent). The female/male ratio was 1:1.2. The majority of the attempters (64 per cent) were students, housewives, and the unemployed. Ingestion of drugs (68 per cent) or of chemicals (20 per cent) was the predominant method. The major predisposing factors were mental illness (32 per cent) and conflicts with parents (24 per cent).
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