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  • Economic growth and suicide rate changes: A case in China from 1982 to 2005

  • J. Zhang, J. Ma, C. Jia, J. Sun, X. Guo, A. Xu, W. Li
  • Journal:
    European Psychiatry / Volume 25 / Issue 3 / April 2010
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    16 April 2020, pp. 159-163
  • Objectives

    It is to estimate the trend of suicide rate changes during the past three decades in China and try to identify its social and economic correlates.

    Methods

    Official data of suicide rates and economic indexes during 1982–2005 from Shandong Province of China were analyzed. The suicide data were categorized for the rural / urban location and gender, and the economic indexes include GDP, GDP per capita, rural income, and urban income, all adjusted for inflation.

    Results

    We found a significant increase of economic development and decrease of suicide rates over the past decades under study. The suicide rate decrease is correlated with the tremendous growth of economy.

    Conclusion

    The unusual decrease of Chinese suicide rates in the past decades is accounted for within the Chinese cultural contexts and maybe by the Strain Theory of Suicide.