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A descriptive analysis of suicides and their interface with healthcare facilities in the Western Cape, South Africa: 2011-2015
BACKGROUND: Suicide is a preventable public health problem affecting 800 000 people every year and 79% occurs in low to middle incomes countries. Males are mostly affected, and at-risk age groups are adolescents and young adults. Hanging, firearms and ingestion of pesticides are amongst the most com...
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Department of Public Health and Family Medicine
2023
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