Suicide attempts and completed suicides monitoring in Odessa in 2001-2011

The study deals with the suicidal activity of the population of a million city. Long-lasting monitoring data revealed very similar changes of attempted and completed suicides rates over 11 years of monitoring. Rather typical differences between males and females suicidal behaviors are found: higher attempts rates in females and higher completed suicides in males. Methods of attempts and suicides testify that males choose more violent means. During last period growing suicides are registered in males aged 25-29 years.