Suicide article intro part

Suicide is one of the serious health problems throughout the world since almost 700, 000 people put an end to their own lives every year (World Health Organization, 2021). Several factors such as sociological, psychological, physical disorders, and economic stress lead individuals to commit suicide. Therefore, World Health Organization (WHO) takes attention to this issue by including the reduction of suicide mortality as an indicator in Sustainable Development Goals (SGD). Parallel to global statistics, the number of people who committed suicide in Turkey in the last ten years has reached approximately 34, 500. In other words, an average of 4 out of 100, 000 people in Turkey end their lives by committing suicide every year. Although this number seems trivial compared with other causes of death, it shows an increasing trend year by year. Hence, understanding the underlying causes of suicide is a crucial issue to prevent more adverse outcomes. For a comprehensive analysis, when we look at the gender distribution of suicides, it can be seen that males have a higher tendency to commit suicide. More than 75% of all suicides and intentional harm are committed by males in the last years. For this reason, we examine the determinants of male and female suicides separately. Additionally, many studies suggest different gender roles are attributed to males and females in Turkish society due to the effects of traditional and conservative cultural norms (Fortin, 2005; Uray and Burnaz, 2003). Therefore, separate analyses provide better insight and understanding in the study.