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The following is a List of suicide rates by country according to data from the World Health Organization in which a country's rank is determined by its total rate deaths officially recorded as suicides. Male and female suicide rates are out of total male population and total female population, respectively (i.e. total number of male suicides divided by total male population). The total rate of suicides is based on the total number of suicides divided by the total population rather than merely the average of the male and female suicide rates, because the gender ratio in many countries is not 1:1. Year refers to the most recent year that data was available for a particular country.
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| Country | Males | Females | Total pop. | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lithuania |
68.1 | 12.8 | 38.6 | 2005 |
 Belarus |
63.3 | 10.3 | 35.1 | 2003 |
 Russia |
58.1 | 9.8 | 32.2 | 2005 |
 Slovenia |
42.1 | 11.1 | 26.3 | 2006 |
 Hungary |
42.3 | 11.2 | 26.0 | 2005 |
 Kazakhstan |
45.0 | 8.1 | 25.9 | 2005 |
 Latvia |
42.0 | 9.6 | 24.5 | 2005 |
 Japan See: Suicide in Japan |
34.8 | 13.2 | 23.7 | 2006 |
 Guyana |
33.8 | 11.6 | 22.9 | 2005 |
 Ukraine |
40.9 | 7.0 | 22.6 | 2005 |
 South Korea |
29.6 | 14.1 | 21.9 | 2006 |
 Sri Lanka |
N/A | N/A | 21.6 | 1996 |
 Belgium |
31.2 | 11.4 | 21.1 | 1997 |
 Estonia |
35.5 | 7.3 | 20.3 | 2005 |
 Finland |
31.1 | 9.6 | 20.1 | 2005 |
 Croatia |
30.5 | 9.7 | 19.7 | 2005 |
 Serbia and Montenegro |
28.4 | 11.1 | 19.5 | 2006 |
 Hong Kong[2] |
22.0 | 13.1 | 17.4 | 2005 |
 Moldova |
31.5 | 5.1 | 17.8 | 2006 |
 France |
26.4 | 9.2 | 17.6 | 2005 |
 Switzerland |
24.7 | 10.5 | 17.5 | 2005 |
 Poland |
27.8 | 4.6 | 15.8 | 2005 |
 Austria |
24.7 | 7.0 | 15.6 | 2006 |
 Czech Republic |
25.5 | 5.6 | 15.3 | 2005 |
 Uruguay |
24.5 | 6.4 | 15.1 | 2001 |
 People's Republic of China[3] |
13.0 | 14.8 | 13.9 | 1999 |
 Denmark |
19.2 | 8.1 | 13.6 | 2001 |
 Seychelles |
N/A | N/A | 13.2 | 1998 |
 New Zealand[4] |
20.3 | 6.5 | 13.2 | 2004 |
 Sweden |
19.5 | 7.1 | 13.2 | 2002 |
 Bulgaria |
19.7 | 6.7 | 13.0 | 2004 |
 Germany |
19.7 | 6.6 | 13.0 | 2004 |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
20.9 | 4.9 | 12.8 | 2000 |
 Slovakia |
22.3 | 3.4 | 12.6 | 2005 |
 Romania |
21.5 | 4.0 | 12.5 | 2004 |
 Cuba |
18.5 | 6.2 | 12.4 | 2004 |
 Suriname |
17.8 | 6.4 | 12.1 | 2000 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
20.3 | 3.3 | 11.8 | 1991 |
 Norway |
15.7 | 7.4 | 11.5 | 2005 |
 Canada |
17.3 | 5.4 | 11.3 | 2004 |
 Iceland |
16.2 | 6.1 | 11.2 | 2005 |
 Portugal |
17.5 | 4.9 | 11.0 | 2003 |
 United States |
17.7 | 4.5 | 11.0 | 2005 |
 Luxembourg |
17.7 | 4.3 | 10.9 | 2005 |
 Australia |
17.1 | 4.7 | 10.8 | 2003 |
 India |
12.2 | 9.1 | 10.6 | 1998 |
 Chile |
17.8 | 3.1 | 10.4 | 2003 |
 Singapore |
12.9 | 7.7 | 10.3 | 2006 |
 South Africa[5] |
N/A | N/A | 10.0 | 2004 |
 Ireland |
16.3 | 3.2 | 9.7 | 2005 |
 Netherlands |
12.7 | 6.0 | 9.3 | 2004 |
 Kyrgyzstan |
15.3 | 3.2 | 9.2 | 2005 |
 Argentina |
14.1 | 3.5 | 8.7 | 2003 |
 Turkmenistan |
13.8 | 3.5 | 8.6 | 1998 |
 Mauritius |
13.2 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2005 |
 Zimbabwe |
10.6 | 5.2 | 7.9 | 1990 |
 Thailand |
12.0 | 3.8 | 7.8 | 2002 |
 Spain |
12.0 | 3.8 | 7.8 | 2005 |
 Saint Lucia |
10.4 | 5.0 | 7.7 | 2002 |
 Belize |
13.4 | 1.6 | 7.6 | 2001 |
 Ecuador |
10.4 | 4.0 | 7.2 | 2005 |
 Nicaragua |
11.1 | 3.3 | 7.2 | 2005 |
 Italy |
11.4 | 3.1 | 7.1 | 2002 |
 El Salvador |
10.3 | 3.5 | 6.9 | 2005 |
 Republic of Macedonia |
9.5 | 4.0 | 6.8 | 2003 |
 United Kingdom |
10.4 | 3.2 | 6.8 | 2005 |
 Costa Rica |
10.6 | 1.9 | 6.3 | 2005 |
 Panama |
11.1 | 1.4 | 6.3 | 2003 |
 Israel |
10.4 | 2.1 | 6.2 | 2003 |
 Puerto Rico |
10.9 | 1.8 | 6.2 | 2002 |
 Malta |
7.0 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 2004 |
 Colombia |
8.9 | 2.6 | 5.7 | 1999 |
 Uzbekistan |
8.1 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 2003 |
 Venezuela |
8.4 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 2002 |
 Brazil |
10.1 | 3.3 | 5.0 | 2002 |
 Mexico |
7.0 | 1.4 | 4.1 | 2005 |
 Albania [6] |
4.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 2003 |
 The Bahamas |
6.0 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 2000 |
 Greece |
5.9 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 2006 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
6.8 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 2003 |
 Bahrain |
4.9 | 0.5 | 3.1 | 1988 |
 Paraguay |
4.5 | 1.6 | 3.1 | 2003 |
 Tajikistan |
2.9 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2001 |
 Georgia |
3.4 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 2001 |
 Guatemala |
3.4 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 2003 |
 Philippines |
2.5 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1993 |
 Kuwait |
2.5 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2002 |
 Armenia |
3.2 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 2003 |
 Dominican Republic |
2.9 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 2001 |
 Azerbaijan |
1.8 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2002 |
 Peru |
1.1 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 2000 |
 São Tomé and Príncipe |
0.0 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1987 |
 Barbados |
1.4 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 2001 |
 Iran |
0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1991 |
 Jamaica |
0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1990 |
 Syria |
0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1985 |
 Egypt |
0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1987 |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1995 |
 Haiti |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2003 |
 Honduras |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1978 |
 Jordan |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1979 |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1995 |
[edit] References
- ^ "Country reports and charts available". WHO website - Mental health. World Health Organization. 2008. http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/country_reports/en/index.html. Retrieved on 2008-09-16.
- ^ http://www.who.int/mental_health/media/chinzhongk.pdf
- ^ Suicide rates per 100,000 by country, year and sex (Table) World Health Organization Retrieved on October 19, 2008
- ^ http://www.socialreport.msd.govt.nz/documents/sr08-health.pdf
- ^ Horner, Brett; Ilse Fredericks (2005-06-12). "Suicide rate among blacks hits new highs: Studies show that more South Africans are taking their own lives than ever before". Sunday Times (Johannesburg). http://ww4.aegis.org/news/suntimes/2005/st050607.html. Retrieved on 2008-09-03.
- ^ http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide_rates/en/index.html
