Värnik A, Wasserman D, Dankowicz M, Eklund G
Estonian-Swedish Institute of Suicidology, Tallinn, Estonia.
Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl. 1998;394:13-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10760.x.
At the same time as substantial and rapid socio-political and socio-economic changes took place during the period of perestroika, suicide rates in the former USSR decreased by approximately 32% for men and 19% for women. The decreases in the suicide rates of men in the former USSR were unlike the suicide rate decreases taking place in 22 other European countries, where rates decreased by approximately 8% for men and 17% for women during this time period. Declines in suicide rates from 1984 to 1986-1988 occurred in all republics, with the largest decreases in Russia and Belarus, at 42% for men and 20% for women. The decrease in suicide rates of men in the former USSR was most pronounced until 1986-1988, after which time an increasing trend was observed. Suicide rates for men in the former USSR decreased 3.8-fold more than they did for men in other parts of Europe, while decreases in the suicide rates for women in the former USSR were on the same level as in Europe.
在改革时期，苏联社会政治和社会经济发生重大快速变革的同时，苏联男性自杀率下降了约32%，女性自杀率下降了19%。苏联男性自杀率的下降与其他22个欧洲国家不同，在此期间，这些国家男性自杀率下降了约8%，女性自杀率下降了17%。1984年至1986 - 1988年期间，所有加盟共和国的自杀率都有所下降，俄罗斯和白俄罗斯下降幅度最大，男性下降42%，女性下降20%。苏联男性自杀率的下降在1986 - 1988年之前最为明显，之后则出现上升趋势。苏联男性自杀率的下降幅度比欧洲其他地区的男性高出2.8倍，而苏联女性自杀率的下降幅度与欧洲处于同一水平。
