Risk Factors Patterns And Prevalence Of Suicide Among Youth In Anywaa Zone Gambella Regional State

As it has for decades, suicide remains one of the leading causes of injury and death worldwide.rnThe objective of this study was to examine the risk factors, patterns and the prevalence of suicidernand suicidal behavior and ideations among the youth in Anywaa zone of Gambella RegionalrnState. The method of the study was both quantitative and qualitative. Descriptive statistics wasrnused in data analysis to enable identifying the most common risk factors. The results on surveyrnpart revealed that chronic illness or long suffering with disease/HIV/Aids and other relatedrndiseases 64(60.4%), Poor relationship among family members/relationship problemrn57(53.8%),unplanned married/early married/divorce 47(44.3%) and Unwantedrnpregnancy/unplanned pregnancy 47(44.3%), alcohol abuse and /or drugs abuse 43(40.5%),rnPhysical/mental illness 35(33.1) and Preventing youngest from his/her lover or prevented one’srnchoice 32(30.2%) were ranked as the most common risk factors of suicide among the youth. Thernfindings showed that risk factors for females were that of “conflict in relationship among familyrnmembers and between partners, getting a child with no real father, death of partner, divorce.rnAnd the risk factors responsible for youth males were “unplanned marriages, married manyrnwives, substance abuse (alcohol, marijuana, chat, etc.), chronic illness/HIV/Aids and otherrnrelated diseases. The results on patterns of suicide showed that hanging and drugs overdose orrnpoisoning were the most commonly used by both males and females. Prevalence of suicidernindicated that 347 individuals were found committed suicide from 2010-2016. Data showed thatrn188 were females and 164 males. The higher prevalence of suicide was among the females thanrnmales. The study also revealed that high prevalence of suicide was found in the age groupsrnranged from 26 to 30 years old. The findings for age and gender difference in the risk factors,rnpatterns and prevalence of suicide showed that there was no a significant age differences in riskrnfactors and patterns of suicide among youth, except age difference in prevalence was found. Thernresult shows that there was a significant gender differences in prevalence of suicide among thernyouth. Findings on relationship between suicide and grade levels, marital status and familyrnbackground of youth found that, there was a significant negative relationship between suicidernand grade levels, marital status and family background.rnKEY WORDS: Suicide, Risk factors, Patterns, Prevalence Youth, Anywaa youth, andrnGambella youth,

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