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Citation

Kiladze L, Lezhava G, Gadelia E. Georgian Med. News 2016; ePub(255): 77-81.

Affiliation

Center for Mental Health and Prevention of Addiction, Tbilisi, Georgia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, International Academy of Science, Education, Industry and Arts)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

27441540

Abstract

In the last few years, significant increase in the incidence of suicide is observed in Georgia [the nation], especially among teenagers. Effectiveness of suicide prevention greatly depends on adequate determination of causes of suicide. Statistics of suicidal death and attempts in Georgia are recorded in two agencies: the National Statistics Office (GeoStat) and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia (MIA). Data from both agencies - main epidemiological indicators of 2011 - 2014 have been statically processed, analyzed and compared with the WHO data. Conducted research revealed significant difference between data obtained from the GeosStat and the MIA that may be the cause of absence of complete, unified system. Besides, the data are substantially different from the WHO-recognized findings. Therefore, specification of suicide's substantive criteria and improvement of the statistical data collection methodology are necessary that require joint and coordinated actions of several agencies.


Language: en

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