Potential years of life lost due to suicide in China, 2006-2010

Public Health
Long Sun, Jie Zhang

Abstract

To calculate the potential years of life lost (PYLL) due to suicide in China, and analyse the distribution of PYLL by age, sex and region. The recent Chinese national mortality data (2006-2010) published by the Chinese Ministry of Health and the census data provided by the Chinese National Population Census were used to calculate PYLL due to suicide. Age-, sex- and region-specific PYLL due to suicide in China were determined for victims aged between 1 and 74 years. Suicide was found to be the 10th leading cause of death in terms of PYLL, and accounted for 3.06% of all PYLL in China. There were three age peaks for PYLL due to suicide in rural areas (20-24, 35-44 and 50-59 years), and two peaks for PYLL due to suicide in urban areas (20-24 and 35-44 years). PYLL due to suicide in rural areas was approximately two-fold higher than PYLL due to suicide in urban areas. Suicide is a major public health problem in China. This needs to be controlled, especially in rural areas.

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