Incidence of suicide by hanging in Klang Valley from 2007 to 2016

• Main Authors: Siti Rahmah Abd Karim, Sri Pawita Albakri Amir Hamzah, Noor Hazfalinda Hamzah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12232/1/18441-76559-1-PB.pdf; http://journalarticle.ukm.my/12232/; http://ejournal.ukm.my/jskm/issue/view/685
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Malaysia was ranked at 148 by World Health Organization (WHO) in suicide statistic for 2012, where males had a higher tendency to commit suicide, recording a 4.7 per 100,000 in comparison to female (1.5 per 100,000). As hanging is one of the most common methods to commit suicide, this retrospective...