Soni Raleigh V, Bulusu L, Balarajan R
Epidemiology and Public Health Research Unit, University of Surrey.
Br J Psychiatry. 1990 Jan;156:46-50. doi: 10.1192/bjp.156.1.46.
Suicides in England and Wales among immigrants of Indian ethnic origin were analysed for the period 1970-78. There were excess suicides among young Indian women, these being disproportionately more among the married. Burning was a common method of suicide among Indian women. Suicide rates were low in Indian men and the Indian elderly. A large proportion of the male suicides were among doctors and dentists.
对1970年至1978年期间英格兰和威尔士印度裔移民中的自杀情况进行了分析。年轻印度女性的自杀率偏高,已婚女性的自杀比例尤其高。焚烧是印度女性常见的自杀方式。印度男性和印度老年人的自杀率较低。很大一部分男性自杀者是医生和牙医。