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Does suicide attempt age increase? Aims: Evaluation of sociodemographic characteristics of patients hospitalized due to attempted suicide by poisoning in Fatih Sultan Mehmet Education and Research Hospital Anesthesiology and Reamination Clinic, between February 2007 - January 2010. Method: Patients hospitalized in the anesthesiology and reamination clinic due to attempted suicide by poisoning between February 2007 - January 2010 were reviewed retrospectively. The results were classified according to the socidemographic characteristics. Results: The number of the patients who were accepted into our clinic was 2550; 540 (21.76%) of them had been hospitalized due to intoxication, and 474 of 540 (87.7%) were suicide attempts. The proportion of female patients was 76.16% (n=361), whereas the proportion of male patients was 23.83% (n=113). The number of patients older than 40 years was 66 (13.92%). In younger patients, the number of suicide attemps were significantly higher in female patients than male patients, whereas in patients older than 40 years, the number and the ratio were similar. Rate of suicide attempts were highest in June, July and October, and lowest in January. Conclusion: It seems that the mean age of suicide attempt has a trend of increase. Female/male proportion approached each other with increasing age and attempted suicide by poisoning was more frequent in some months. The findings must be supported by prospective multicenter studies.