TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Potential years of life lost due to suicide in China, 2006-2010
JO  - Public health
A1  - Sun, L.
A1  - Zhang, Jian
SP  - 555
EP  - 560
VL  - 129
IS  - 5
N2  - OBJECTIVES: To calculate the potential years of life lost (PYLL) due to suicide in China, and analyse the distribution of PYLL by age, sex and region. STUDY DESIGN: The recent Chinese national mortality data (2006-2010) published by the Chinese Ministry of Health and the census data provided by the Chinese National Population Census were used to calculate PYLL due to suicide. <br><br>METHODS: Age-, sex- and region-specific PYLL due to suicide in China were determined for victims aged between 1 and 74 years. <br><br>RESULTS: Suicide was found to be the 10th leading cause of death in terms of PYLL, and accounted for 3.06% of all PYLL in China. There were three age peaks for PYLL due to suicide in rural areas (20-24, 35-44 and 50-59 years), and two peaks for PYLL due to suicide in urban areas (20-24 and 35-44 years). PYLL due to suicide in rural areas was approximately two-fold higher than PYLL due to suicide in urban areas. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Suicide is a major public health problem in China. This needs to be controlled, especially in rural areas.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0033-3506
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2015.02.012
ID  - ref1
ER  -