Suicide less likely among immigrants, study reports.OTTAWA Ottawa, city, Canada Ottawa (ŏt`əwə), city (1991 pop. 313,987), capital of Canada, SE Ont., at the confluence of the Ottawa and Rideau rivers. Hull, Que. -- Immigrants are less likely than native-born Canadians to commit suicide Verb 1. commit suicide - kill oneself; "the terminally ill patient committed suicide" kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a study of Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. vital statistics data. (reported in Health Report, March 2004). The study also found that: * immigrants living in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver had lower suicide rates than immigrants in other parts of Canada; * immigrant suicide rates more closely matched those in the immigrants' countries of birth than those of Canada; * differences between sexes are less pronounced for immigrants than the Canadian-born. Over the 1995-to-1997 period, an average of 3,863 people took their lives each year in Canada, a crude rate of around 13 suicides for every 100,000 people in the total Canadian population. Among immigrants, (taking account of the unique age distribution of the immigrant population) the rate was 7.9 suicides per 100,000, compared with 13.3 per 100,000 for people born in Canada. Rates among immigrants varied considerably by birthplace birth·place n. The place where someone is born or where something originates. birthplace Noun the place where someone was born or where something originated Noun 1. . People born in Oceania and Europe had relatively high suicide rates, whereas those from Africa and Asia had the lowest rates. In the three-year period from 1995 to 1997, Canadian-born males were four times more likely than females to commit suicide, whereas among immigrants, males were three times more likely than females to take their own lives. Among the Canadian-born, suicide is a "younger" phenomenon. In most other countries, the opposite is true. And reflecting that tendency, suicide rates among the immigrant population in Canada rose at older ages. More than 60% of immigrants to Canada live Canada Live is a Canadian radio program, which debuted on March 19, 2007 on CBC Radio Two. Hosted by Matt Galloway weekdays and Patti Schmidt on weekends, the program airs concert performances in a variety of musical genres from locations across Canada. in three census metropolitan areas: Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. In the 1995-to-1997 period, the suicide rate for immigrants in these three cities The Three Cities is a collective description of the three fortified cities of Cospicua, Vittoriosa, and Senglea on the Island of Malta, which are enclosed by the massive line of fortification created by the Knights of St John, the Cottonera Lines. combined was about 6 per 100,000 population, whereas the rate for immigrants living elsewhere in Canada was around 10. The social and emotional support provided by ethnic communities in these cities may be a factor in the relatively low suicide rates among immigrants. 613-951-3073 |
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