Yip P S
Department of Statistics, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 1997 Jul;32(5):243-50. doi: 10.1007/BF00789036.
Suicide in Hong Kong is experiencing a slight upward trend. The standardized suicide rate increased by 9.8%, from 10.3 per 100,000 population in 1981 to 11.3 per 100,000 in 1994. About 57% of the increase can be explained by a change in the age composition and the ageing problem in Hong Kong. Suicide ranked seventh in the ten leading causes of death since 1985. It was the leading cause of death in females aged 15-24 years. The female suicide rate in Hong Kong was among the highest in the world. The suicide rate increased steadily with age. Males aged 75 years or over had the highest suicide rate among all age groups in the population. Furthermore, in single males aged 60 years, the suicide rate was 80 per 100,000. The suicide rate for economically inactive persons was 4 times more than for the active. Jumping has become increasingly common and seems to substitute for other methods of suicide. The years of potential life lost were 342 years per 100,000 population in 1994.
香港的自杀率呈轻微上升趋势。标准化自杀率上升了9.8%，从1981年的每10万人10.3例增至1994年的每10万人11.3例。约57%的增长可归因于香港年龄构成的变化及老龄化问题。自1985年起，自杀在十大主要死因中位列第七。它是15至24岁女性的首要死因。香港女性自杀率位居世界前列。自杀率随年龄稳步上升。75岁及以上男性的自杀率在所有年龄组中最高。此外，60岁单身男性的自杀率为每10万人80例。经济不活跃人群的自杀率是活跃人群的4倍。跳楼变得越来越普遍，似乎取代了其他自杀方式。1994年，每10万人的潜在寿命损失年数为342年。
