Suicides Among Immigrants from the Indian Subcontinent

Abstract

Suicides in England and Wales among immigrants of Indian ethnic origin were analysed for the period 1970–78. There were excess suicides among young Indian women, these being disproportionately more among the married. Burning was a common method of suicide among Indian women. Suicide rates were low in Indian men and the Indian elderly. A large proportion of the male suicides were among doctors and dentists.