关键词: 大学生, 非正常死亡, 自杀死亡

Abstract: The purpose of this research is to identify the features and patterns of unnatural deaths of college students in China. The data of 475 students' unnatural deaths from the key universities of the country during 2006 to 2010 was collected. From the data, the following consequences were observed and concluded: 1)The unnatural-death rate of college students was 4.94 and the suicide rate was 2.37. The percentage of suicides in unnatural deaths was 47.2%. 2)The unnatural-death rate was 4.69 in bachelor's degree students, 5.97 in master's degree students, and 4.82 in doctoral students. The rate in master's degree students was the highest. 3)The unnatural-death rate of college students was much lower than same age group, so was the suicide rate. 4)The reasons of unnatural deaths were classified into five categories including diseases, accidents, purposed death，suicides and unknown reasons. The rate of suicides was the highest among the five. 5)Among the deaths caused by accidents, the percentage of traffic accidents was the highest which was 47.4%. The second highest was accidental drowning. The percentages of the deaths caused by toxicosis, accidental falls, fire and electric shockswere lower. The following measures would be focused on to reduce unnatural death: Providing students with more psychological education and service and intervention for psychological crisis to lower the suicide rate; providing pertinent education to students about how to avoid traffic accidents and be more conscious of self-protection may reduce students' unnatural deaths.

Key words: college student, unnatural death, suicide.