Suicides in young people in rural southern India
Suicides in young people in rural southern India
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DOI：
10.1016/s0140-6736(04)15896-0
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发表时间：
2004-04-03
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影响因子：
168.9
通讯作者：
Bose, A
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作者：
Aaron, R;Joseph, A;Bose, A
据报道，印度的自杀率各不相同。在印度南部的韦洛尔，我们注意到，自杀率是世界任何地方报告的自杀率的几倍，特别是年轻女性。韦洛尔基督教医学院的社区卫生系已经获得了关于108000人口的出生、死亡和发病率的前瞻性数据。我们用口头验尸的方法确定了死因。分析了从1992年到2001年10年间的死亡率，以及10-19岁年龄组的死亡率。自杀约占年轻男性死亡总数的四分之一，占年轻女性死亡总数的50%至75%。年轻女性的平均自杀率为每100000人148人，年轻男性的自杀率为每100000人58人。我们相信我们的发现是可靠的。建立了良好的监测系统，口头尸检方法得到了验证。这些非常高的自杀率需要紧急干预。
Different rates of suicide have been reported in India. In Vellore, southern India, we have noted that the rates of suicides are several fold higher than those reported anywhere in the world, especially in young women. The department of community health at the Christian Medical College, Vellore, has obtained data prospectively on births, deaths, and morbidity in a population of 108000. We used the verbal autopsy method to assign cause of death. The mortality rates were analysed for 10 years, from 1992 to 2001, for the age-group 10-19 years. Suicides accounted for about a quarter of all deaths in young men and between 50% and 75% of all deaths in young women. The average suicide rate for young women was 148 per 100000, and for young men 58 per 100000. We believe that our findings are reliable. The system of surveillance is well established and the verbal autopsy method has been validated. These very high rates of suicide need urgent intervention.