Suicide and the unique prevalence pattern of schizophrenia in mainland China: a retrospective observational study

Lancet
Michael R PhillipsYue Li

Abstract

Unlike almost every other country in the world, the prevalence of both schizophrenia and suicide in China is higher in women than in men. Schizophrenia and suicide are important public-health problems for China that might be related to each other. We present prevalence data for schizophrenia and estimate relative and attributable risk of suicide in people with schizophrenia in mainland China. We used data from the national psychiatric epidemiology study, the Ministry of Health's mortality registry, the census, and the national psychological autopsy study to estimate frequencies and rates of schizophrenia, suicide, and suicide in people with schizophrenia aged 15 years and older in mainland China during 1995-99. We estimated 4.25 million people with schizophrenia in China, and 284614 suicides and 28737 suicides in people with schizophrenia yearly. Prevalence of schizophrenia was higher in women than men (relative risk 1.77 [95% CI 1.15-2.72]), and greater in urban than rural areas (1.62 [1.10-2.40]). Risk of suicide was greater in women than men (1.22 [1.20-1.23]) and in rural than urban areas (3.61 [3.56-3.66]). Relative risk of suicide in individuals with schizophrenia compared with those without was 23.8 (18.8-30.2); the prop...Continue Reading

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