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Article: The ecological fallacy and the gender ratio of suicide in China

TitleThe ecological fallacy and the gender ratio of suicide in China
Authors
Issue Date2006
PublisherRoyal College of Psychiatrists. The Journal's web site is located at http://bjp.rcpsych.org/
Citation
British Journal Of Psychiatry, 2006, v. 189 NOV., p. 465-466 How to Cite?
AbstractChina is the only country in which the suicide rate is higher among women than men. We provide a demographic perspective on the gender differential in suicide in China. This shows that the male/female ratio of suicide increased between 1991 and 2001 and there is reason to believe this trend will continue. Among the population subgroups, only young women living in rural areas had much higher suicide rates than their male counterparts. It is argued that consideration of the gender ratio of suicide in China must take age-, gender- and region-specific suicide patterns and the population structure into account. The increasing urbanisation of China is likely to be associated with more male suicides and we predict that before long the male suicide rate will overtake that of females.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/87802
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2023 Impact Factor: 8.7
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.717
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dc.contributor.authorYip, PSFen_HK
dc.contributor.authorLiu, KYen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-06T09:34:37Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-06T09:34:37Z-
dc.date.issued2006en_HK
dc.identifier.citationBritish Journal Of Psychiatry, 2006, v. 189 NOV., p. 465-466en_HK
dc.identifier.issn0007-1250en_HK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/87802-
dc.description.abstractChina is the only country in which the suicide rate is higher among women than men. We provide a demographic perspective on the gender differential in suicide in China. This shows that the male/female ratio of suicide increased between 1991 and 2001 and there is reason to believe this trend will continue. Among the population subgroups, only young women living in rural areas had much higher suicide rates than their male counterparts. It is argued that consideration of the gender ratio of suicide in China must take age-, gender- and region-specific suicide patterns and the population structure into account. The increasing urbanisation of China is likely to be associated with more male suicides and we predict that before long the male suicide rate will overtake that of females.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherRoyal College of Psychiatrists. The Journal's web site is located at http://bjp.rcpsych.org/en_HK
dc.relation.ispartofBritish Journal of Psychiatryen_HK
dc.titleThe ecological fallacy and the gender ratio of suicide in Chinaen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
dc.identifier.openurlhttp://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0007-1250&volume=Nov 189&spage=465&epage=6&date=2006&atitle=The+ecological+fallacy+and+the+gender+ratio+of+suicide+in+Chinaen_HK
dc.identifier.emailYip, PSF: sfpyip@hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.authorityYip, PSF=rp00596en_HK
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dc.identifier.doi10.1192/bjp.bp.106.021816en_HK
dc.identifier.pmid17077441en_HK
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dc.identifier.volume189en_HK
dc.identifier.issueNOV.en_HK
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