Age and sex suicide rates in the Eastern Mediterranean Region based on global burden of disease estimates for 2000.
Suicide was estimated to be the 25th leading cause of death in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region in the year 2000. Using data from the WHO global burden of disease project, estimated rates of suicidal deaths were plotted for different sex and age groups. Overall rates of suicide were higher in females than males in age groups 5-14 and 15-29 years. The peak age for suicides among females was 15-29 years (8.6 per 100,000) and for males 60+ years (100,000). As a proportion of all deaths due to injury, suicides were substantially higher in females than males. Females in high-income countries had the lowest rates of suicide in all age groups and males in high-income countries had a lower rate than males in low- and middle-income countries.
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Department of Social Medicine, Rafsanjan Medical School, Rafsanjan, Islamic Republic of Iran. moeygmr2@yahoo.co.uk
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002423:Cause of Death; D002648:Child; D017281:Cost of Illness; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D019083:Mediterranean Region / Q000453:epidemiology; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009017:Morbidity; D009313:National Health Programs; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014944:World Health Organization; D000092864:Suicide Prevention