title: Potential years of life lost due to suicide in China, 2006-2010.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  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.
  
  
  METHODS
  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.
  
  
  METHODS
  Age-, sex- and region-specific PYLL due to suicide in China were determined for victims aged between 1 and 74 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  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.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Suicide is a major public health problem in China. This needs to be controlled, especially in rural areas.
authors.affiliation: Center for Suicide Prevention Research, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, State University of New York Buffalo State, Buffalo, NY, USA. Electronic address: zhangj@buffalostate.edu.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: China; Potential years of life lost; Region; Sex; Suicide