Suicide risk among persons with foreign background in Denmark

Vanita Sundaram; Ping Qin; Lilian Zollner

Suicide risk among persons with foreign background in Denmark

Vanita Sundaram, Ping Qin, Lilian Zollner

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Abstract

There is a dearth of knowledge about factors correlated with suicide risk among minority groups in Western societies. In the present study we compared suicide risk among persons with foreign background with that of the majority population to determine whether certain minority groups are at a particular risk for suicide, as well as to illuminate gender differences herein. Suicide risk was generally higher among persons with foreign background compared with the majority population and the risk was highest among Nordic-born persons. Overall, suicide risk was significantly lower among Asian-born persons; however, there were gender differences in correlations between ethnicity and suicide risk.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	481-489
Number of pages	9
Journal	Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
Volume	36
Issue number	4
Publication status	Published - Aug 2006

Keywords

INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTEES
PSYCHIATRIC-ILLNESS
SWEDISH SUICIDE
SWEDEN
IMMIGRANTS
MORTALITY
GENDER
INTEGRATION
REGISTER
COHORT

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