@article{ref1,
title="Specific characteristics of suicide in China",
journal="Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica",
year="2001",
author="Qin, Ping and Mortensen, P. B.",
volume="103",
number="2",
pages="117-121",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The aims of this paper are (i) to describe the specific characteristics of suicide in China and compare it with that in a western country, Denmark: and (ii) to discuss the accuracy of suicide data and the possible explanations for suicide behaviour in China. METHOD: Data for the study are obtained from the World Health Statistics Annual based on official records in China and the Danish Cause-of-Death Register, and standardized according to the age-specified population of China in 1990. RESULTS: The specific characteristics of suicide in China differed strikingly from the general pattern of suicide in other western countries as well as in Denmark: suicide rates in females were higher than in males; rural rates were more than three times higher than urban rates; suicide rates peaked for those aged 75 + years, but with a minor peak in females for those aged 15-24 years old. CONCLUSION: These specific characteristics of suicide in China may possibly be interpreted in terms of traditional culture, social forces, political environment and economic status.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0001-690X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}