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Suicide in the island of Singapore
Author(s) -
Kua E. H.,
Tsoi W. F.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1985.tb01278.x
Subject(s) - demography , ethnic group , suicide prevention , population , poison control , injury prevention , suicide rates , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , medicine , mental illness , occupational safety and health , psychiatry , gerontology , mental health , psychology , medical emergency , sociology , pathology , anthropology
– In a study of suicide in Singapore in 1980 there were 230 cases and the suicide rate for the general population was 9.5 per 100,000. The age‐specific rates increased steeply after 50 years and there was a male preponderance especially in the age group 60 years and over. Comparing the three major ethnic groups in Singapore, the highest rate was seen in the Indians and Chinese, whereas the Malays had the lowest. Amongst the suicides there were 59 (25.7%) with mental illness, mainly schizophrenia, and they were of a younger age group, 20‐39 years. The commonest method of suicide was jumping from high‐rise flats.