Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China.
Eur Psychiatry. 2010 Apr;25(3):159-63. doi: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2009.07.013. Epub 2009 Nov 18.
It is to estimate the trend of suicide rate changes during the past three decades in China and try to identify its social and economic correlates.
Official data of suicide rates and economic indexes during 1982-2005 from Shandong Province of China were analyzed. The suicide data were categorized for the rural / urban location and gender, and the economic indexes include GDP, GDP per capita, rural income, and urban income, all adjusted for inflation.
We found a significant increase of economic development and decrease of suicide rates over the past decades under study. The suicide rate decrease is correlated with the tremendous growth of economy.
The unusual decrease of Chinese suicide rates in the past decades is accounted for within the Chinese cultural contexts and maybe by the Strain Theory of Suicide.
评估过去三十年来中国自杀率变化的趋势，并试图确定其与社会经济因素的相关性。
分析了 1982-2005 年中国山东省自杀率和经济指标的官方数据。自杀数据按城乡和性别分类，经济指标包括经过通货膨胀调整后的国内生产总值（GDP）、人均 GDP、农村收入和城市收入。
我们发现，在过去几十年的研究中，经济发展显著增加，自杀率下降。自杀率的下降与经济的巨大增长有关。
中国过去几十年自杀率的异常下降可以用中国的文化背景和自杀的紧张理论来解释。
