Comparing the Changing Suicide Rate in Singapore With the Rates in England/Wales and the USA, 1950-1985

Whereas marriage & birth rates were significantly associated with the time-series annual suicide rate from 1950-1985 in England & Wales & birth rates were associated with the annual suicide rate in the United States, neither variable was significantly associated with the annual suicide rate in Singapore. It seems that different theories of suicide may have to be proposed in order to account for the societal suicide rate in Asian nations. (6 refs.)