Pritchard C
Department of Social Work Studies, University of Southampton, Highfield, UK.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 1996 Jun;31(3-4):227-34. doi: 10.1007/BF00785772.
Between 1974 and 1992 male suicide increased in the United Kingdom and in most countries of the Western World. At the same time there were substantial reductions in female suicide in many countries. However, these results mask significant changes related to age in both genders. In most countries there was a disproportionate rise in younger male suicides (< 35 years); with two disproportionate peaks in younger (25-34 years) and elderly (75 + years) female suicides. The implications of these changes are briefly discussed within the context of changing socio-economic expectations.
1974年至1992年间，英国及大多数西方世界国家男性自杀率呈上升趋势。与此同时，许多国家女性自杀率大幅下降。然而，这些结果掩盖了两性中与年龄相关的显著变化。在大多数国家，年轻男性（<35岁）自杀率上升幅度不成比例；年轻女性（25 - 34岁）和老年女性（75岁及以上）自杀率出现两个不成比例的峰值。本文在社会经济期望变化的背景下简要讨论了这些变化的影响。
