Centre for Remote Health, Flinders University and Charles Darwin University, Alice Springs, NT 0871, Australia.
Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2009 Dec;43(12):1126-30. doi: 10.3109/00048670903279861.
The aim of the present study was to characterize suicide in the Northern Territory (NT) for the 6 year period 1 January 2001-31 December 2006.
Suicide death rates by area (Australia, NT), sex, and Indigenous status for the period of 2001-2006 were obtained from the National Coroners Information System through the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine. Population figures were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
For this period the suicide rate of NT (21.6 per 100 000) was double the national rate ( 11 ), and the rate for NT Indigenous people (36.7) was significantly higher (p < 0.001) than that of NT non-Indigenous people (14.7). There was a decline in the suicide rate for Australia of -8.6%; for NT, -6.3%; for NT non-Indigenous, -3.3%; and for NT Indigenous, -9.0%. The sex difference was significant (p < 0.001) for both Australia and the NT with male subjects having a higher suicide rate than female subjects. With respect to age group, some evidence suggested an earlier peak for NT Indigenous compared to NT non-Indigenous people. Hanging was more common in NT than in the rest of the country and accounted for 87% of Indigenous suicide.
Suicide is more common in NT than in Australia generally, and more common in NT Indigenous than NT non-Indigenous people. There is evidence of a decline in suicide rates across the board.
本研究旨在描述 2001 年 1 月至 2006 年 12 月 31 日期间北领地（NT）的自杀情况。
通过维多利亚法医研究所从国家验尸官信息系统获取 2001-2006 年期间按地区（澳大利亚、NT）、性别和土著身份划分的自杀死亡率数据。人口数据从澳大利亚统计局获得。
在此期间，NT 的自杀率（21.6/10 万）是全国平均水平（11）的两倍，NT 土著居民（36.7）的自杀率明显更高（p<0.001）比 NT 非土著居民（14.7）。澳大利亚的自杀率下降了 8.6%；NT 下降了 6.3%；NT 非土著下降了 3.3%；NT 土著下降了 9.0%。对于澳大利亚和 NT，性别差异均具有统计学意义（p<0.001），男性自杀率高于女性。关于年龄组，一些证据表明 NT 土著的自杀率高峰比 NT 非土著更早。在 NT，上吊自杀比在该国其他地区更为常见，占土著自杀的 87%。
与澳大利亚整体相比，NT 的自杀更为常见，而 NT 土著的自杀比 NT 非土著更为常见。自杀率呈下降趋势。
