Ko S M, Kua E H
Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
Int Psychogeriatr. 1995 Summer;7(2):309-17. doi: 10.1017/s1041610295002067.
In the cosmopolitan city of Singapore the annual suicide rates in the general population from 1985 to 1991 remained fairly constant, with a mean of 15.3 per 100,000. It was highest among Indians (19.5 per 100,000), followed by Chinese (16.2 per 100,000) and Malays (2.3 per 100,000). The suicide rates were higher in elderly people (aged 65 years and over) than in younger age groups (10 to 64 years) and in males than in females. For the elderly, the mean annual suicide rate for this period was 52.0 per 100,000. However, it was highest among Chinese, with 59.3 per 100,000, followed by Indians at 33.9 per 100,000, and, again, lowest among Malays, with 3.0 per 100,000. Possible sociocultural factors are proposed to account for differences in suicide rates among these ethnic groups.
在国际化大都市新加坡，1985年至1991年普通人群的年自杀率保持相当稳定，平均每10万人中有15.3人自杀。印度人的自杀率最高（每10万人中有19.5人），其次是华人（每10万人中有16.2人），马来人自杀率最低（每10万人中有2.3人）。老年人（65岁及以上）的自杀率高于年轻人群体（10至64岁），男性的自杀率高于女性。在此期间，老年人的年平均自杀率为每10万人中有52.0人。然而，华人的自杀率最高，为每10万人中有59.3人，其次是印度人，为每10万人中有33.9人，马来人再次最低，为每10万人中有3.0人。文中提出了一些可能的社会文化因素来解释这些种族群体自杀率的差异。
