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title: Is menstruation related to completed suicide? | Niyora
description: 54.46% of people who died by suicide were menstruating, compared to 6.75% in a control group. This suggests a possible association, but it is a preliminary fi
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/menstruation-and-suicide-an-exploratory-study-2007/
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Survey study, 2007

# Is menstruation related to completed suicide?

54.46% of people who died by suicide were menstruating, compared to 6.75% in a control group. This suggests a possible association, but it is a preliminary finding and much more careful research is needed.

 Early or limited evidence

217 autopsies of people who died by suicide in India, matched to a control group

## What they did

Researchers reviewed 217 autopsies of people who died by suicide in India and compared them to a matched control group, recording whether people were menstruating at the time.

## What they found

54.46% of people who died by suicide were menstruating compared to 6.75% of the control group.

## What it means for you

There appears to be an association between menstruation and suicide. However, this is based only on autopsies, many other factors were not explored, and much more careful research is needed before drawing conclusions.

54.46%

were menstruating in suicide group

6.75%

were menstruating in control group

217

completed suicides reviewed

## About the study

Original title Menstruation and suicide: an exploratory study Authors Dogra TD, Leenaars AA, Raintji R et al. Journal Psychological reports Year 2007 Study design Survey study Read the paper [doi.org/10.2466/pr0.101.2.430-434](https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.101.2.430-434)

## Topics

[Suicidality](https://niyora.com/research/topics/symptom-suicidality/)

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