Bulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthBulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health2415-84102415-8429FSSBI «N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health»1579Научная статьяFORENSIC CHARACTERISTICS OF SUICIDES IN KALUGA REGION (THE CORONERS REPORTS ANALYSIS FROM 2012 TO 2018)NosovaEvgeniia Sergeevnanosova.evgenya@lenta.ruBorisAristarkhovich Spasennikovborisspasennikov@yandex.ruOxanaYurievna Aleksandrovaalexandrovaoyu@nriph.ruN.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthKaluga Regional Psychiatric Hospital151220221-261508042022Copyright © 2022,2022Despite the wide range of suicide prevention measures, the main condition for their implementation is scientifically based effectiveness. Means restriction is one of the most effective intervention, according to Zalsman et al., 2017. The aim of this study is to analyze methods and other forensic parameters of suicides on the example of the Kaluga Regional Forensic Bureau materials. Methods: descriptive statistics, linear regression analysis and a number of statistical criteria were used. During the period from 2012 to 2018, the number of suicides was 409 cases, 85.8% male with male to female ratio 6.03:1. The structure of suicides was as follows: hanging (90%), firearms (4.7%), cutting/piercing with sharp object (3.9%), selfpoisoning (0.7%), jumping from a height (0.5%), fire (0.2%). Hanging prevailed in both men and women: 89.2% and 96.5%, respectively. The data obtained objectify the official statistics of suicide mortality in the region and are an important addition to epidemiological studies in this area.public healthsuicidepreventionforensic medical examinationобщественное здоровьесамоубийствопрофилактикасудебно-медицинская экспертиза1.Носова Е.С., Спасенников Б.А., Александрова О.Ю. Эпидемиология самоубийств в мире и факторы риска суицидального поведения // Бюллетень Национального научно-исследовательского института общественного здоровья имени Н.А. Семашко. 2021. № 4. С. 4-17.2.Носова Е.С., Спасенников Б.А., Александрова О.Ю. Предотвращение самоубийств: от отдельных инициатив до национальных стратегий // Бюллетень Национального научно-исследовательского института общественного здоровья имени Н.А. Семашко. 2021. № 4. С. 26-39.3.Носова Е.С., Спасенников Б.А. Годы утраченной жизни вследствие суицидов (Potential years of life lost) в структуре бремени смертности Калужской области // Бюллетень Национального научно-исследовательского института общественного здоровья имени Н.А. Семашко. 2021. № 2. С. 1-11.4.Bertolote J.M., Fleischmann A., Eddleston M., Gunnell D. Deaths from pesticide poisoning: a global response // Br. J. Psychiatry. 2006. No. 189. P. 201-203.5.Varnik A., Kolves K., van der Feltz-Cornelis C.M. et al. Suicide methods in Europe: a gender-specific analysis of countries participating in the "European Alliance Against Depression" //j. Epidemiol.Community Health. 2008. Vol. 62, no. 6. P. 545-551.6.Varnik A., Kolves K., Allik J. et al. Gender issues in suicide rates, trends and methods among youths aged 15-24 in 15 European countries //j. Affect Disord. 2009. Vol. 113, no. 3. P. 216-226.7.Mergl R., Koburger N., Heinrichs K. et al. What Are Reasons for the Large Gender Differences in the Lethality of Suicidal Acts? An Epidemiological Analysis in Four European Countries // PLoS One. 2015. Vol. 10, no. 7. P. e0129062.8.McIntosh J. Methods of suicide // Assessment and prediction of suicide. New York, London: Guilford Press, 1992. P. 382-397.9.Runeson B., Tidemalm D., Dahlin M. et al. Method of attempted suicide as predictor of subsequent successful suicide: national long term cohort study // BMJ. 2010. No. 341. P. 3222.10.Отдельнова К.А. Определение необходимого числа наблюдений в комплексных социально-гигиенических исследованиях // Комплексные социально-гигиенические и клинико-социальные исследования: труды 2-го МОЛГ-МИ им. Н.И. Пирогова. Москва: 2-й МОЛГМИ им. Н.И. Пирогова, 1980. № 6. С. 18-22.11.Kristof I., Voros K., Marcsa B. et al. Examination of the Suicide Characteristics Based on the Scene Investigation in Capital Budapest (2009-2011) //j. Forensic Sci. 2015. Vol. 60, no. 5. P. 1229-1233.12.Large M.M., Nielssen O.B. Suicide in Australia: meta-analysis of rates and methods of suicide between 1988 and 2007 // Med. J. Aust. 2010. Vol. 192, no. 8. P. 432-437.13.Puzo Q., Qin P., Mehlum L. Long-term trends of suicide by choice of method in Norway: a joinpoint regression analysis of data from 1969 to 2012 // BMC Public Health. 2016. No. 16. P. 255.14.Baker S.T., Nicholas J., Shand F. et al. A comparison of multi-component systems approaches to suicide prevention // Australas Psychiatry. 2018. No. 2. P. 128-131.