From: Community suicide rates and related factors within a surveillance platform in Western Kenya
Method of estimating number of suicides | Suicide-specific mortality rate per 100,000 population per year (95% confidence interval or credibility window) |
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Verbal-autopsy confirmed suicides only | 3.6 (2.5 – 5.0) |
Verbal-autopsy confirmed suicides adjusted for deaths missing verbal autopsy | 6.7 (4.6 – 9.1) |
Verbal-autopsy confirmed and suspected suicides | 7.9 (6.2 – 9.9) |
Verbal-autopsy confirmed and suspected suicides adjusted for deaths missing verbal autopsy | 14.7 (11.3 – 18.0) |