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Table 2 Age-standardized suicide rates per 100,000 populationa [20] in 2000-2019 in countries with laws against attempted suicide

From: Decriminalizing suicide attempt in the 21st century: an examination of suicide rates in countries that penalize suicide, a critical review

 

UN Region/sub-regionb

Countries

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

% Change

1

Africa

Ghana

9.8

10.5

11.0

11.4

11.9

12.2

12.4

12.4

12.9

13.0

13.3

13.1

13.0

12.8

12.4

12.0

11.7

11.3

10.8

10.5

8.1%

2

Africa

Kenya

15.8

14.7

13.9

13.2

12.2

12.9

12.7

13.0

12.8

12.1

11.9

11.8

11.7

11.6

11.1

10.6

10.5

10.6

11.0

11.0

−30.4%

3

Africa

Malawi

19.2

17.9

16.5

15.7

15.0

14.3

14.8

15.4

15.2

15.9

16.0

14.6

13.7

13.0

12.8

12.6

12.3

11.7

11.0

10.6

−45.0%

4

Africa

Nigeria

9.2

9.3

9.2

9.2

9.3

9.2

9.2

9.2

9.1

9.0

8.8

8.7

8.3

8.0

7.6

7.3

7.2

7.1

7.0

6.9

−25.2%

5

Africa

Somalia

16.8

16.5

16.6

16.6

16.8

16.6

16.2

15.9

16.0

16.0

15.4

15.3

15.3

15.2

15.2

15.0

14.8

14.9

14.8

14.7

−12.6%

6

Africa

South Sudan

7.9

7.4

7.3

7.3

7.2

7.1

7.1

7.0

6.9

6.7

6.6

6.6

6.7

6.5

6.2

6.4

6.5

6.4

6.7

6.7

−15.2%

7

Africa

Sudan

5.6

5.4

5.5

5.4

5.3

5.4

5.3

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.2

5.3

5.1

5.1

5.0

4.9

4.8

4.8

4.8

4.8

−14.4%

8

Africa

Tanzania

15.6

14.2

12.8

11.9

10.9

10.3

10.3

10.4

11.0

10.6

9.8

9.3

8.5

8.6

8.3

8.2

8.3

8.2

8.0

8.2

−47.6%

9

Africa

Uganda

21.7

21.1

20.5

20.4

20.5

20.8

20.2

17.7

16.1

15.5

14.6

14.5

13.2

12.4

11.4

11.0

11.1

10.3

10.3

10.5

− 51.7%

10

Caribbean

Bahamas

2.5

2.7

2.4

2.5

3.3

3.2

3.6

3.3

3.4

3.4

3.7

3.8

3.6

3.2

3.3

3.4

3.5

3.3

3.4

3.4

33.2%

11

Caribbean

Guyana

35.8

39.9

39.8

38.1

37.3

35.6

35.0

35.1

33.7

36.3

36.4

35.3

37.6

40.7

39.5

39.3

39.7

39.9

40.4

40.9

14.3%

12

Caribbean

Saint Lucia

8.1

8.1

7.4

7.7

7.3

7.4

7.7

7.2

7.9

7.0

7.6

6.9

8.2

7.7

8.2

7.9

6.7

7.1

7.1

6.9

−15.2%

13

Oceania

Papua New Guinea

2.8

3.0

3.0

3.1

3.2

3.2

3.2

3.3

3.3

3.2

3.3

3.3

3.5

3.4

3.6

3.7

3.6

3.5

3.5

3.6

26.1%

14

Oceania

Tonga

5.1

5.1

5.0

5.1

5.0

4.8

4.7

4.8

4.7

5.1

5.3

5.2

5.3

5.3

5.4

5.3

4.8

4.8

4.6

4.4

−14.8%

15

Asia

Bangladesh

6.9

6.5

6.1

5.8

5.6

5.6

5.6

5.5

5.3

5.1

4.8

4.3

4.0

3.8

3.7

3.6

3.6

3.7

3.8

3.9

−44.0%

16

Asia

Pakistan

11.1

11.2

11.3

11.3

11.2

11.0

11.0

10.7

10.5

10.3

10.2

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

10.0

9.8

9.8

−12.0%

17

Asia

Brunei

1.7

1.3

1.5

1.6

1.8

1.9

2.4

2.2

1.8

1.6

1.1

1.7

2.2

1.8

1.7

1.6

2.4

3.3

3.0

2.5

47.7%

18

Asia

Malaysia

6.1

5.8

5.8

5.9

5.8

5.7

5.5

5.3

5.4

5.5

5.3

5.2

5.2

4.9

5.1

5.2

5.4

5.6

5.6

5.8

−5.4%

19

Asia

Myanmar

5.1

4.9

4.8

4.7

4.6

4.5

4.4

4.2

3.9

3.9

3.8

3.7

3.5

3.5

3.4

3.3

3.3

3.1

3.0

3.0

−42.4%

20

Asia

Qatar

7.6

7.6

7.4

6.9

6.6

6.3

6.1

7.2

6.8

6.7

6.4

6.2

5.8

5.3

5.0

4.9

4.8

4.6

4.6

4.7

−38.8%

 

Mean score

 

10.7

10.7

10.4

10.2

10.0

9.9

9.9

9.8

9.6

9.6

9.5

9.2

9.2

9.1

8.9

8.8

8.8

8.7

8.7

8.6

 
 

Standard Error

1.83

1.95

1.93

1.85

1.80

1.74

1.70

1.68

1.61

1.72

1.72

1.66

1.73

1.87

1.81

1.80

1.81

1.81

1.83

1.85

 
 

Global

Global

14.0

13.4

13.1

13.0

12.8

12.6

12.1

11.8

11.6

11.3

11.1

10.8

10.4

10.0

9.7

9.4

9.2

9.1

9.1

9.0

−36.1%

  1. Source: aWHO Global Health Estimates (2021) [1]. bUnited Nations (2021) [19]