Lester D
Centre for the Study of Suicide, Blackwood, New Jersey 08012.
Singapore Med J. 1994 Oct;35(5):490-1.
Whereas marriage and birth rates were significantly associated with the time-series annual suicide rate from 1950 to 1985 in England and Wales and birth rates were associated with the annual suicide rate in the USA, neither variable was significantly associated with the annual suicide rate in Singapore. It seems that different theories of suicide may have to be proposed in order to account for the societal suicide rate in Asian nations.
虽然在1950年至1985年期间，英格兰和威尔士的结婚率和出生率与时间序列年度自杀率显著相关，且美国的出生率与年度自杀率相关，但这两个变量均与新加坡的年度自杀率无显著关联。似乎有必要提出不同的自杀理论，以解释亚洲国家的社会自杀率。
