Suicide by pesticide poisoning remains a priority for suicide prevention in China: Analysis of national mortality trends 2006-2013

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• 作者：Andrew Page^a ; ^{a.page@westernsydney.edu.au} ; Shiwei Liu^b ; David Gunnell^c ; Thomas Astell-Burt^d ; Xiaoqi Feng^d ; Lijun Wang^b ; Maigeng Zhou^b
• 关键词：Suicide ; Method ; China ; Pesticides
• 刊名：Journal of Affective Disorders
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：15 January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：208
• 期：Complete
• 页码：418-423
• 全文大小：532 K
• 卷排序：208

文摘

This study investigates whether changes in the distribution of methods of suicide have contributed to the recent reduction in suicide in China. All methods declined over the study period, with the exception of suicide by jumping in males. Suicide by pesticide poisoning and hanging remain the leading methods of suicide in China. Suicide by gases or vapours had a very low incidence in China (<1% of total suicides) despite its emergence in other South East Asian contexts. Safer use of pesticides, increased socio-economic development, and urbanisation, are likely contributors to declines in suicide by pesticide poisoning.