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dc.contributor.authorIde, Naoko
dc.contributor.authorKolves, Kairi
dc.contributor.authorCassaniti, Maria
dc.contributor.authorDe Leo, Diego
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:04:32Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:04:32Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.modified2014-08-28T22:14:34Z
dc.identifier.issn0933-7954
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00127-012-0499-4
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/47714
dc.description.abstractPurpose This study analysed suicide rates among firstgeneration immigrants in Australia from 1974 to 2006, and compared their suicide risks against the Australian-born population. It also examined the associations between the suicide rates of immigrants from 23 selected countries of birth during 2001-2006, and in their home countries. Method Age-standardised suicide rates (15? years) and rate ratios, with a 95 % confidence interval, during 1974-2006 were calculated for country of birth (COB) groups. Spearman's rank correlation coefficient was calculated between COB-specific immigrant suicide rates during 2001-2006 in Australia and in their homelands. Results Suicide rates showed a decreasing time-trend among all COB groups for both genders in Australia. The lowest suicide rates were found during 2004-2006, compared to other year groups. Throughout the study period, males born in Eastern, Northern and Western Europe and New Zealand had the highest suicide rates in Australia. For females, the highest rates were among those born in Western Europe and the UK (including Ireland). Male and female migrants born in North Africa and the Middle East, Southern and Central Asia and South East Asia showed the lowest suicide rates. There was a significant correlation between male immigrant suicide rates by COB and the rates of their home countries. Conclusion The patterns of suicide rates in immigrants were influenced by the social and cultural norms of their COB. The overall decrease in suicide risk among immigrants was particularly evident in males.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.publisher.placeGermany
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1917
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1927
dc.relation.ispartofissue12
dc.relation.ispartofjournalSocial Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume47
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEpidemiology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMental health services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEpidemiology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic health
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical and health psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420299
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode420313
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4206
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5203
dc.titleSuicide of first-generation immigrants in Australia, 1974–2006
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, Australian Institute for Suicide Research & Prevention
gro.date.issued2012
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDe Leo, Diego
gro.griffith.authorKolves, Kairi


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