Suicide and Attempted Suicide among the Shona

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Title:	Suicide and Attempted Suicide among the Shona
Author:	Gelfand, M.
Year:	1972
Periodical:	Zambezia
Volume:	2
Issue:	2
Period:	December
Pages:	73-78
Language:	English
Geographic term:	Zimbabwe
Subjects:	Shona suicide Health and Nutrition Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
External link:	https://journals.co.za/doi/abs/10.10520/AJA03790622_674
Abstract:	Although suicide is significantly less among the Shona-speaking people than in European society, no significant difference in the suicide rate between the Shona living in the Salisbury urban and periurban area and those in three selected Tribal Trust Lands was found. The number of cases of attempted suicide was far more common in Salisbury than in the selected Tribal Trust Lands. The frequency of attempted suicide among the European population of Salisbury was significantly greater than among that of the Shona. Reasons for these differences are discussed. Ref., tables.