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Papers by Shashini Ranabahu
Suicides are a burning issue in most developing countries and the World Health Organization (WHO)... more Suicides are a burning issue in most developing countries and the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that approximately one person dies every 40 seconds owing to suicides (WHO, 2015). It is recorded that the low-and middle-income countries in the WHO's SouthEast Asian region account for 39.1% of suicides around the world despite 25.9% of the population in the world (Knipe et al., 2017). According to World Population Review website Sri Lanka is also in a leading position in the country list, being the 29th rank according to suicides and suicide rate is 14.6 suicides per 100 000 in 2019. Suicide incidence was 6.9 in 1995 and increased up to 18.9 in 2011 per 100 000 population in Sri Lanka (Warushahennadi, 2017). Since suicides are the 3 rd leading cause of death among adolescents in the world (Warushahennadi, 2017), researches are being carried out to find out means to prevent them. However, it is questionable, how far attention is paid on the suicide rates of other age categories such as elderly population. According to the suicide death rate of Sri Lanka in 2006, elderly suicides are higher in the composition (WHO, 2017) and it emphasizes the importance of further research to examine the entire age profiles and other demographic characteristics to further understand the severity of this problem. Also the study of demographic characteristics would provide new insight to design preventive measures against suicidal attempts. Research Objective(s) This study aims to identify characteristics of suicides based on age groups, gender, race and religion accompanied by the modes and the reasons for the suicides. Methodology This study is entirely based on secondary data and crime statistics were obtained from Sri Lanka police from 2006 to 2018. All suicidal cases recorded in the database are considered in this study. However based on the availability of data, this research considers data of only 10 years including
6th Annual Research Symposium on Population and Sustainable Development, 2019
Conference Presentations by Shashini Ranabahu
Proceedings of the International Symposium on ICT for Environmental Sustainability, Department of Zoology, University of Kalaniya, KISSEL Group, Ibaraki University, ISBN 978-955-4563-21-6.(p.17) , 2014
National Geography conference. Sri Lanka Association of Geographers; Colombo, 2019
Population and Sustainable Development; 5th Annual Research Symposium Proceedings. Department of Geography, University of Colombo, 2018
Books by Shashini Ranabahu
Lap Lambert Publications, OmniScriptum GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, ISBN9783659880438, 2016
Suicides are a burning issue in most developing countries and the World Health Organization (WHO)... more Suicides are a burning issue in most developing countries and the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals that approximately one person dies every 40 seconds owing to suicides (WHO, 2015). It is recorded that the low-and middle-income countries in the WHO's SouthEast Asian region account for 39.1% of suicides around the world despite 25.9% of the population in the world (Knipe et al., 2017). According to World Population Review website Sri Lanka is also in a leading position in the country list, being the 29th rank according to suicides and suicide rate is 14.6 suicides per 100 000 in 2019. Suicide incidence was 6.9 in 1995 and increased up to 18.9 in 2011 per 100 000 population in Sri Lanka (Warushahennadi, 2017). Since suicides are the 3 rd leading cause of death among adolescents in the world (Warushahennadi, 2017), researches are being carried out to find out means to prevent them. However, it is questionable, how far attention is paid on the suicide rates of other age categories such as elderly population. According to the suicide death rate of Sri Lanka in 2006, elderly suicides are higher in the composition (WHO, 2017) and it emphasizes the importance of further research to examine the entire age profiles and other demographic characteristics to further understand the severity of this problem. Also the study of demographic characteristics would provide new insight to design preventive measures against suicidal attempts. Research Objective(s) This study aims to identify characteristics of suicides based on age groups, gender, race and religion accompanied by the modes and the reasons for the suicides. Methodology This study is entirely based on secondary data and crime statistics were obtained from Sri Lanka police from 2006 to 2018. All suicidal cases recorded in the database are considered in this study. However based on the availability of data, this research considers data of only 10 years including
6th Annual Research Symposium on Population and Sustainable Development, 2019
Proceedings of the International Symposium on ICT for Environmental Sustainability, Department of Zoology, University of Kalaniya, KISSEL Group, Ibaraki University, ISBN 978-955-4563-21-6.(p.17) , 2014
National Geography conference. Sri Lanka Association of Geographers; Colombo, 2019
Population and Sustainable Development; 5th Annual Research Symposium Proceedings. Department of Geography, University of Colombo, 2018
Lap Lambert Publications, OmniScriptum GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, ISBN9783659880438, 2016