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Objective: To investigate demographic risk factors for self-immolation patients.
Methods: In a casecontrol study, 30 consecutive cases of deliberate self-inflicted burns
admitted to the regional Burn centre (Imam Khomeini hospital in Kermanshah province,
Iran) were compared with 30 controls who were selected from the community and matched
by gender, age, and living area. All cases and controls were reviewed for demographic
variables, including: age, gender, living area, family size, marital status, bearing and number
of children, Body Mass Index (BMI), birth order, employment state, educational status, early
school drop-out, and parent/guardian employment status.
Results: Two variables emerged as related to risk of self-immolation. Being the first or last
child in family birth order was associated with increased risk of self-immolation. Moreover,
among the married participants, having children was associatedwith decreased risk of selfimmolation.
The comparisons of other variables were not statistically significant. In multivariate
analyses, none of the variables predicted risk for self-immolation.
Conclusion: This study suggests that being the first or last child of a family might be a risk
factor for self-immolation. For married persons, having children might serve as a protective
factor from self-immolation. Other variables such as family size, marital status, number of
children, BMI, employment state, educational status, early school drop-out, and parent/
guardian employment status did not play a role as individually protective or risk factors for
self-immolation.

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