Background China accounts for more than 30% of the world's suicides and displays a
unique pattern of suicide rates. Prior research had established the link between macrosocial …

Chinese suicide rates have been reported in various studies in the past two decades, but
few of them were based on national data. The most recent mortality data (2002–2011) …

Purposes The aims of this study were:(1) to present the time trend of suicide rate among
people aged 15 or above in China over the period 2002–2011 and (2) to examine the …

Background The overall suicide rate in China has dropped substantially since the 1990s,
with patterns changing significantly. This study aims to further explore the latest changes in …

Using recently available data from China's Disease Surveillance Points system, we estimate
that there are over 300,000 suicides in China per year; this makes suicide one of the most …

Objectives This study is aimed to summarize the declining trends of suicide rates by gender
in China and in each of its provinces, and to explain the changes from a public health …

BACKGROUND: China has one of the highest suicide rates in the world; however, the recent
trends in suicide have not been adequately studied. This study aimed to examine the …

Suicide rates in the Beijing region increase with age. The rural suicide rate is about two to
five times of the urban in various age-sex groups. The elderly suicide rate is very serious …

BackgroundSuicide in China has declined since the 1990s. However, there has been limited
investigation of the potential spatiotemporal variation and social determinants of suicide …

Background: Many epidemiological studies indicate suicide rates are higher for males than
females and for urban than rural. Here we re-examine gender, urban and rural differentials …