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Suicide Risk Among Persons with Foreign Background in Denmark
Author(s) -
Sundaram Vanita,
Qin Ping,
Zøllner Lilian
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1521/suli.2006.36.4.481
Subject(s) - suicide prevention , ethnic group , poison control , injury prevention , demography , medicine , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , population , foreign born , risk factor , environmental health , pathology , sociology , anthropology
There is a dearth of knowledge about factors correlated with suicide risk among minority groups in Western societies. In the present study we compared suicide risk among persons with foreign background with that of the majority population to determine whether certain minority groups are at a particular risk for suicide, as well as to illuminate gender differences herein. Suicide risk was generally higher among persons with foreign background compared with the majority population and the risk was highest among Nordic‐born persons. Overall, suicide risk was significantly lower among Asian‐born persons; however, there were gender differences in correlations between ethnicity and suicide risk.