Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, School Of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Arch Suicide Res. 2012;16(2):159-73. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2012.667334.
This study compared self-reported risk factors for suicide among American high school students in the last decade. Data from the 1999-2009 Youth Risk Behavior Surveys was analyzed by 8 self-reported ethnicity groups across 6 suicide-related items: depression, suicide ideation, suicide planning, suicide attempts, and suicide attempts requiring medical attention). Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander adolescents had the higher prevalence of risk factors for suicide. Multiracial adolescents were also at high risk for suicide-related behaviors, with a risk comparable to American Indian/Alaska Native adolescents. Overall, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, multiracial, and American Indian/Alaska Native adolescents reported a significantly higher risk for suicide-related behaviors compared to their Asian, Black, Hispanic, and White peers. The ethnic disparities in risk factors for suicide dictate a need to understand the vulnerability of the Pacific Islander, American Indian, and growing multiracial adolescent populations, in an effort to develop and implement suicide prevention strategies.
本研究比较了过去十年中美国高中生自杀的自我报告风险因素。通过对六个与自杀相关的项目（抑郁、自杀意念、自杀计划、自杀企图和需要医疗关注的自杀企图）中的 8 个自我报告种族群体进行了 1999-2009 年青年风险行为调查的数据进行了分析。夏威夷/太平洋岛民青少年的自杀风险因素流行率更高。多种族青少年也有很高的自杀相关行为风险，与美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民青少年的风险相当。总的来说，与亚洲、黑人、西班牙裔和白人同龄人相比，夏威夷/太平洋岛民、多种族和美国印第安人/阿拉斯加原住民青少年报告的自杀相关行为风险显著更高。自杀风险因素的种族差异表明需要了解太平洋岛民、美国印第安人和日益多样化的多种族青少年群体的脆弱性，以努力制定和实施自杀预防策略。
