Economic and environmental factors in Hong Kong suicides

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-133

  Fong, Daniel Y T ^b   Yip, Paul S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Geographical information system; Hong Kong; Standardized mortality ratio; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038028823     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110301582     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Andersen, P.K., Borgan, O., Gill, R.D., & Keiding, N. (1993). Statistical models based on counting processes. New York: Springer-Verlag.
2. Chi, I., Yip, P.S.F., Yu, K.K., & Halliday, P. (1998). A study of elderly suicides in Hong Kong. Crisis, 19, 35-46.
3. Chiu, L.P. (1989). Attempted suicide in Hong Kong. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 79, 425-430.
4. Hair, J.F., Anderson, R.E., Tatham, R.L., & Black, W.C. (1998). Multivariate data analysis. 5th ed., New Jersey: Prentice Hall Inc.
5. Hawton, K., Fagg, J., & Simkin, S. (1988). Female unemployment and attempted suicide. British Journal of Psychiatry, 152, 632-637.
6. Hennekens, C.H., & Buring, J.E. (1987). Epidemiology in medicine. Toronto: Little, Brown and Company.
7. Ho, T.P., Yip, P.S.F., Chiu, C.W.F., & Halliday, P. (1998). Suicide notes: What do they tell us? Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 98, 467-473.
8. Johnson, D.E. (1998). Applied multivariate methods for data analysis. U.S.A.: Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.
9. Nobre, F.F., Braga, A.C., Pinheiro, R.S., & Lopes, J.A. (1997). A simple public health surveillance and epidemiological investigations. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 53, 33-45.
10. Pan, P.C., & Lieh-Mak, F. (1989). A comparison between male and female parasuicides in Hong Kong. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 24, 253-257.
11. Platt, S. (1984). Unemployment and suicidal behaviour: A review of the literature. Social Science in Medicine, 19, 93-115.
12. SAS Institute Inc. (1999). SAS/STAT User's Guide, Version 8, Gary, NC: SAS Institute Inc.
13. World Health Organisation. (1982). The tenth revision (10th Edn) of the International Classification of Diseases. WHO, Geneva.
14. Yip, P.S.F. (1997). Suicide in Hong Kong 1981-1994. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 32, 245-250.
15. Yip, P.S.F. (1998). Age, sex, marital status and suicide: An empirical study of east and west. Psychological Reports, 82, 311-322.
16. Yip, P.S.F., Chi, I., & Yu, K.K. (1998). An epidemiological profile of elderly suicides in Hong Kong. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13, 631-637.
17. Yip, P.S.F., Ho, T.P., Hung, S.F., Kaidler, K.J., & Leung, P.W.L. (1998). Youth suicides in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: Befrienders International.