Do rates vary among people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds?
• Australia is home to people from a wide diversity of cultures. Suicide rates, and risk factors associated with suicide, differ between cultures. • One quarter of suicides in Australia occur among people who have migrated to Australia, with 60% of these being people who have come from non-English speaking countries. However, rates vary according to country of origin, gender and age12. • Rates are generally higher among people born in English-speaking countries, and those from western, northern and eastern Europe, and lower among people from southern Europe, the Middle East and Asia13. • Overall, males born outside of Australia have a lower suicide rate than Australian-born males, while the rate is higher for females born overseas than for Australian-born females. The rate is also higher for people of both genders aged over 6514. Back to Top Are rates higher in rural and remote Australia? • There is some evidence that suicide rates in rural and remote areas are significantly greater th
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