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Suicide Rates (per 100,000)
( most recent year available, as of October 2000)
Country
Year
Males
Females
Albania
1993
2.9
1.7
Antigua and Barbuda
1995
0.0
0.0
Argentina
1996
9.9
3.0
Armenia
1997
3.4
0.8
Australia
1995
19.0
5.1
Austria
1998
30.0
9.2
Azerbaijan
1997
2.3
0.5
Bahamas
1995
2.2
0.0
Bahrain
1988
4.9
0.5
Barbados
1995
9.6
3.7
Belarus
1998
63.4
10.1
Belgium
1994
31.2
11.4
Belize
1995
12.1
0.9
Brazil
1992
5.6
1.6
Bulgaria
1998
26.2
10.6
Canada
1997
19.6
5.1
Chile
1994
10.2
1.4
China (mainland)
1994
14.3
17.9
China (Hong Kong SAR)
1996
15.9
9.1
Colombia
1994
5.5
1.5
Costa Rica
1995
9.7
2.1
Croatia
1997
31.5
10.8
Cuba
1996
24.5
12.0
Czech Republic
1998
25.3
6.5
Denmark
1996
24.3
9.8
Dominican Republic
1994
0.0
0.0
Ecuador
1995
6.4
3.2
Egypt
1987
0.1
0.0
El Salvador
1993
10.4
5.5
Estonia
1998
59.4
10.5
Finland
1996
38.7
10.7
France
1997
28.4
10.1
Georgia
1990
5.4
2.0
Germany
1998
21.5
7.3
Greece
1997
6.2
1.0
Guatemala
1984
0.9
0.1
Guyana
1994
14.6
6.5
Honduras
1978
0.0
0.0
Hungary
1998
51.1
14.7
Iceland
1995
16.4
3.8
India
1995
11.4
8.0
Iran
1991
0.3
0.1
Ireland
1996
19.2
3.5
Israel
1996
8.2
2.6
Italy
1996
12.4
4.2
Jamaica
1985
0.5
0.2
Japan
1997
26.0
11.9
Jordan
1979
0.0
0.0
Kazakhstan
1997
51.0
9.4
Kuwait
1997
1.4
2.4
Kyrgyzstan
1998
18.4
3.7
Latvia
1998
59.8
12.2
Lithuania
1998
73.7
13.7
Luxembourg
1997
29.0
9.8
Macedonia FYR
1997
11.5
4.0
Malta
1997
5.9
2.1
Mauritius
1998
21.9
7.8
Mexico
1995
5.4
1.0
Netherlands
1997
13.5
6.7
New Zealand
1996
23.4
5.9
Nicaragua
1994
4.7
2.2
Norway
1995
19.1
6.2
Panama
1987
5.6
1.9
Paraguay
1994
3.4
1.2
Peru
1989
0.6
0.4
Philippines
1993
2.5
1.7
Poland
1996
24.1
4.6
Portugal
1998
8.7
2.7
Puerto Rico
1992
16.0
1.9
Republic of Korea
1997
17.8
8.0
Republic of Moldova
1996
30.9
6.2
Romania
1998
21.3
4.2
Russian Federation 
1997
66.4
12.3
Saint Kitts and Nevis
1995
0.0
0.0
Saint Lucia
1988
9.3
5.8
St. Vincent and The Grenadines
1986
0.0
0.0
Sao Tome and Principe
1987
0.0
1.8
Seychelles
1987
9.1
0.0
Singapore
1997
14.3
8.0
Slovak Republic
1995
23.4
4.6
Slovenia
1997
49.3
11.8
Spain
1996
12.8
4.3
Sri Lanka
1991
44.6
16.8
Suriname
1992
16.6
7.2
Sweden
1996
20.0
8.5
Switzerland
1996
29.2
11.6
Syrian Arab Republic
1985
0.2
0.0
Tajikistan
1992
5.1
2.3
Thailand
1994
5.6
2.4
Trinidad and Tobago
1994
17.5
5.1
Turkmenistan
1994
8.1
3.4
Ukraine
1998
51.7
10.6
United Kingdom
1997
11.0
3.2
United States of America
1997
18.7
4.4
Uruguay
1990
16.6
4.2
Uzbekistan
1993
9.3
3.2
Venezuela
1994
8.3
1.9
Yugoslavia
1990
21.6
9.2
Zimbabwe
1990
10.6
5.2

World Health Organization,Geneva, October 2000
 
 

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