Hau K T
Department of Educational Psychology, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 1993 Feb;28(1):23-7. doi: 10.1007/BF00797829.
This study gives an overview of the suicide rates in Hong Kong in the last 2 decades (1971-1990). It was found that the average suicide rate for the whole population was 11.3 per 100,000 population and it has been quite steady in recent years. The male and female adolescent (age-group 10-24 years) suicide rates were approximately the same, while the ratio of the overall male to female rate was 1.3:1. This indicated a relatively high female rate as compared with other countries. An examination of the suicide rates for various age-groups showed that the rate increased with age. The adolescent suicide rate was not particularly high (4.7 per 100,000 population for the age-group 10-24 years), but that for the elderly was 4-5 times the overall rate (49.5 per 100,000 population for those aged over 70 years). As regards the method of suicide, jumping from a height and hanging predominated in all age-groups. These methods were in great contrast to those used in other countries.
本研究概述了香港过去20年（1971 - 1990年）的自杀率。研究发现，全人口的平均自杀率为每10万人11.3例，且近年来一直相当稳定。男性和女性青少年（10 - 24岁年龄组）的自杀率大致相同，而总体男性与女性自杀率之比为1.3:1。这表明与其他国家相比，女性自杀率相对较高。对各年龄组自杀率的调查显示，自杀率随年龄增长而上升。青少年自杀率并非特别高（10 - 24岁年龄组为每10万人4.7例），但老年人的自杀率是总体自杀率的4至5倍（70岁以上人群为每10万人49.5例）。至于自杀方式，坠楼和上吊在所有年龄组中占主导地位。这些方式与其他国家使用的方式形成了鲜明对比。
