The gender difference in chinese suicide rates
- 1 April 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Archives of Suicide Research
- Vol. 3 (2) , 81-89
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13811119708258260
Abstract
Chinese women have a higher rate of suicide than Chinese men in the regions of mainland China currently reporting mortality data to the World Health Organization. This gender difference is documented. and possible reasons for the gender differences are explored using data from a survey of female suicides in Chuanzhou County in the Guangxi region of China. A definitive explanation for the gender difference must await detailed psychological autopsy studies.Keywords
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