@article{ref1,
title="Suicide in Singapore: a changing sex ratio over the last decade",
journal="Singapore medical journal",
year="2001",
author="Parker, G. and Yap, H. L.",
volume="42",
number="1",
pages="11-14",
abstract="AIM OF STUDY: To examine for any change in the sex ratio of suicides in Singapore over the last decade. METHODS: Data on suicides in Singapore for the decade 1989-98 were examined, both as an overall set and as four age-based sub-groups. RESULTS: The male to female ratio increased significantly over the decade, contributed to most distinctly by changed rates in young adults (ie a group defined as 29-40 years). The changed sex ratio appeared limited to Chinese subjects, where the suicide rate/100,000 population was consistently higher than for the non-Chinese. The changed ratio appeared more to reflect an absolute decrease in female suicides rather than any distinct absolute increase in male suicides. CONCLUSIONS: The previous distinct male preponderance in suicide,which had progressively diminished by the early eighties, has become distinct again, but is now seemingly more driven by a disproportionate decline in the absolute rate of suicides in younger females. We speculate on possible social determinants of this intriguing epidemiological trend.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0037-5675",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}