Suicides per 100,000 people per year
Suicide in Greenland is a significant national social issue. Greenland has the highest suicide rate in the world: reports between 1985 and 2012 showed that an average of 83 people in 100,000 committed suicide, more than twice the rate of the second placed country, Lithuania.
Common methods:
hanging (46%)
shooting (37%)
jumping from heights
cutting with sharp objects
drowning
overdose of medication
poisoning
Social and financial problems in Lithuania are thought to be important factors behind the high rate of suicides. According to Onutė Davidonienė, director of the State Mental Health Center, a major reason behind the dramatic rise in suicides over the last decade is the economic and social transition. This can be linked to the Russian economic crisis of 1998 which was prolonging the phenomenon in Lithuania.
Suicide in Guyana is a serious social problem, as Guyana is ranked first in suicides per capita worldwide.
About 40% of people who commit suicide in Guyana poison themselves by consuming agricultural pesticides.
The most famous case of suicide in Guyana was the Jonestown mass suicide of over 900 cult members of Jim Jones' Peoples Temple in 1978, although some sources regard the events as a mass murder. Although this occurred in Guyana, the leader of this cult along with the followers were all foreigners and not Guyanese nationals.
Suicide in Kazakhstan is a common cause of unnatural death in the country and a long term social issue. According to the 2011 report of World Health Organization, of all the people reported dead due to suicide worldwide every year, 3.23% belong to Kazakhstan. Suicide of teenage and young age people is a big issue in the country. Suicide makes up 12.2% of all deaths in Kazakhstan.
common causes:
School Bullying
Absence or loss of values
Falling standards of social behavior
Alienation
Suicide in South Korea is the 10th highest rate in the world according to the World Health Organization, as well as the second highest suicide rate in the OECD after Lithuania.In 2012, suicide was the fourth-highest cause of death among South Koreans.
The high suicide rates compared to other countries in the developed world is exacerbated by the large amount of suicide among the elderly. One factor of suicide among elderly South Koreans is due to the amount of widespread poverty among senior citizens in South Korea, with nearly half of the country's elderly population living below the poverty line.
common methods:
poisoning
hanging
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According to a report published in a seminar by Dr. Neil Fernando, head of National Institute of Mental Health in September 2011, almost 4,000 people die by suicide in Sri Lanka every year. Fernando's statistics shows the majority of victims were aged 15 to 44.According to the statistics of Registrar General's office, at the time of independence (1948) suicide rate in Sri Lanka was 9 per 100,000 people. In the 1970s, it rose up to 19 per 100,000, and in the mid 1980s, it reached 33 per 100,000. The latest statistics for Sri Lanka show a suicide rate of 15 per 100,000 .
Common methods:
Jumping in front of trains
Drinking insecticides
Hanging
Jumping into deep water bodies
Jumping from heights
Using lethal firearms
Drinking acids, fuels
Drug overdose
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Source:https:
//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate
| Regions | Male | Female | Average | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82.8 (0.0830%) | 2015 |
Common methods:
hanging (46%)
shooting (37%)
jumping from heights
cutting with sharp objects
drowning
overdose of medication
poisoning
| 65.1 | 12.4 | 28.27 (0.02827%) | 2016 |
| 30.2 (0.0302%) | 2017 |
About 40% of people who commit suicide in Guyana poison themselves by consuming agricultural pesticides.
The most famous case of suicide in Guyana was the Jonestown mass suicide of over 900 cult members of Jim Jones' Peoples Temple in 1978, although some sources regard the events as a mass murder. Although this occurred in Guyana, the leader of this cult along with the followers were all foreigners and not Guyanese nationals.
| 43.0 | 9.4 | 25.6 (0.0256%) | 2008 |
common causes:
School Bullying
Absence or loss of values
Falling standards of social behavior
Alienation
| 34.9 | 13.8 | 24.3 (0.0243%) | 2017 |
The high suicide rates compared to other countries in the developed world is exacerbated by the large amount of suicide among the elderly. One factor of suicide among elderly South Koreans is due to the amount of widespread poverty among senior citizens in South Korea, with nearly half of the country's elderly population living below the poverty line.
common methods:
poisoning
hanging
| 18.09 (0.018%) | 2016 |
| 14.6 (0.0146%) | 2018 |
Common methods:
Jumping in front of trains
Drinking insecticides
Hanging
Jumping into deep water bodies
Jumping from heights
Using lethal firearms
Drinking acids, fuels
Drug overdose
| 17.98 (0.01798%) | 2016 |
| 20.5 (0.0205%) | 2017 |
| 20.1 (0.0201%) | 2018 |
Source:https:
//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate
