Strachan J, Johansen H, Nair C, Nargundkar M
Social Survey Methodology Division, Statistics Canada.
Health Rep. 1990;2(4):327-41.
This article examines suicide mortality rates and trends in Canada for first-generation immigrants and the Canadian-born population. Data are analyzed by age, sex and country of birth. Since 1950, suicide rates worldwide for both men and women have been increasing. In North America and most of Europe, suicide has been one of the major causes of death for many years. In Canada, suicide rates are also rising. However, this increase is due entirely to a rise in the rate for men; the rate for women has remained relatively stable. Several differences are apparent between the rates for the Canadian-born population and those for first-generation immigrants. For example, three times as many Canadian-born men as women commit suicide. For first-generation immigrants, the ratio is two to one. Suicide mortality rates for the Canadian-born are higher than those for first-generation immigrants in every age group except for the 65 and over groups. Canadian born males have higher ASMR than first generation immigrant males. The rates for women show that first-generation immigrant women have higher suicide mortality rates than their Canadian-born counterparts, and that the highest rate for all women is for immigrants born in Asia.
本文研究了加拿大第一代移民和加拿大本土出生人口的自杀死亡率及趋势。数据按年龄、性别和出生国进行分析。自1950年以来，全球男性和女性的自杀率一直在上升。在北美和欧洲大部分地区，多年来自杀一直是主要死因之一。在加拿大，自杀率也在上升。然而，这种上升完全是由于男性自杀率的上升；女性自杀率相对保持稳定。加拿大本土出生人口和第一代移民的自杀率存在明显差异。例如，加拿大本土出生的男性自杀人数是女性的三倍。对于第一代移民，这一比例是二比一。除65岁及以上年龄组外，加拿大本土出生人口在每个年龄组的自杀死亡率都高于第一代移民。加拿大本土出生的男性年龄标准化自杀率（ASMR）高于第一代移民男性。女性自杀率表明，第一代移民女性的自杀死亡率高于加拿大本土出生的女性，所有女性中自杀率最高的是出生在亚洲的移民。
