Suicide in Fiji: A Preliminary Study

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Abstract
A survey of police and medical records in a province of Fiji indicated high rates of suicide for Indian women under 30 and for Indian men over that age, especially among families engaged in sugar-cane farming. Indian suicide rates were high during the indenture period (1879-1920) and are still higher among Indians than among native Fijians: almost 90% of all suicides are Indian, though this group comprises only 50% of Fiji''s total population. Age/sex ethnic/distribution, methods and precipitating factors of recorded suicides were examined for 1 province of Vanua Levu during 1979-1982. The increasing use of toxic herbicides, especially paraquat, as a vehicle for suicide is discussed.

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