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Latest items for SUICIDE-DATA-3

April 19, 2020, 7:51 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

In South Sudan, women's suicide rate is about 2.6 per 100,000 population.
April 19, 2020, 7:50 p.m.
Countries: Vanuatu
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

In Vanuatu, women's suicide rate is about 2.2 per 100,000 female population.
Oct. 17, 2018, 7:33 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

"We found that 15 out of every 100,000 Indian women died because of suicide in 2016 and this rate was double the world average for women" (para 10).
Sept. 24, 2018, 10:50 p.m.
Countries: Iraq
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-2, SUICIDE-DATA-3

"In the IKR during the year, there were...61 cases of self-immolation [and] 115 suicides…according to the KRG High Council of Women's Affairs" (para 244)
Aug. 31, 2018, 10:10 a.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

"The suicide mortality rate among all women increased 35 percent between 2001 and 2013, from 4.0 per 100,000 to 5.4 per 100,000. Every state in the nation experienced an increase during this time period" (197)
Aug. 31, 2018, 10:10 a.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

"Among women in the United States, Native American and white women have the highest suicide rates at 7.9 and 7.1 per 100,000 respectively, more than three times the rate of the two groups with the lowest rates, Hispanic and black women (Figure 6.4)" (209)
June 26, 2018, 9:09 a.m.
Countries: New Zealand
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3, SUICIDE-DATA-4

"While the suicide rate in New Zealand remains higher for males (18.1 deaths per 100,000) compared to females (6.4 deaths per 100,000) . . . " (page 49).
June 28, 2017, 11:15 a.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

Figure 6.4 shows suicide mortality rates among women (per 100,000) by race and ethnicity in 2013. The rates are as follows: 5.5 for all women, 7.9 for Native American women, 7.1 for white women, 3 for Asian/Pacific Islander women, 2.3 for Hispanic women and 2.1 for Black women (209)
Dec. 22, 2015, 1:36 p.m.
Countries: Pakistan
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

"708 women committed suicide at the rate of 2 women per day;" (para 3)
Dec. 4, 2015, 5:38 p.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-2, SUICIDE-DATA-3

According to a table titled Number of Suicides per 100,000, suicides for both men and women have decreased by about a third in 2012 from 1995 and suicide numbers in 2012 for Sweden were at almost 5 per 100,000 for women (18)
Dec. 4, 2015, 5:23 p.m.
Countries: Iceland
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

According to a table titled Number of Suicides per 100,000, suicides for both men and women have decreased by about a third in 2012 from 1995 and suicide numbers in 2012 for Iceland were at almost 3 per 100,000 for women (18)
Nov. 19, 2015, 9:37 p.m.
Countries: Finland
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

“Finland...rate of suicide [in Nordic countries]...[for women is about 5 per 100,000]” (18)
June 17, 2014, 11:59 a.m.
Countries: Mauritius
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

“Compared to men, women were more likely to die of diabetes but less likely to die of diseases of the liver (0.5 percent) and to commit suicide (0.6 percent)” (9).
Dec. 10, 2013, 9:25 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

"'It's a disaster. Since late March, we've had more than 200 cases,' Basharmal says" (para 15). "No official statistics are kept, and no one can confirm his figures. Nevertheless, Afghanistan is believed to be one of the few countries in the world that has more women taking their lives than men. A recent study concluded that five out of every 100,000 women are committing suicide each year. But the real number is likely to be much higher, especially in rural areas far away from the big cities. More than 1.8 million women in Afghanistan, which has an estimated population of 31 million, are said to be suffering from depression" (para...more
May 22, 2012, 3:25 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

"Five times this number of abused women take their own lives. Little attention is given to the high rates of suicide among women who have experienced abuse and as the law stands, it is enormously difficult to prosecute the abuser when their victim commits suicide" (85)
Feb. 15, 2011, 12:34 p.m.
Countries: Uzbekistan
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

1.77, data from year 2005
Feb. 15, 2011, 12:34 p.m.
Countries: Venezuela
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

1, data from year 2005
Feb. 15, 2011, 12:34 p.m.
Countries: Vietnam
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

99
Feb. 15, 2011, 12:34 p.m.
Countries: Zambia
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

99
Feb. 15, 2011, 12:34 p.m.
Countries: Zimbabwe
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

99
Feb. 15, 2011, 12:34 p.m.
Countries: Yemen
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

99
Feb. 15, 2011, 12:34 p.m.
Countries: Senegal
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

99
Feb. 15, 2011, 12:34 p.m.
Countries: Sri Lanka
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

99
Feb. 15, 2011, 12:34 p.m.
Countries: Serbia
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

1.81, data from year 2006
Feb. 15, 2011, 12:34 p.m.
Countries: Sierra Leone
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

99
Feb. 15, 2011, 12:34 p.m.
Countries: Singapore
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

2.53, data from year 2006
Feb. 15, 2011, 12:34 p.m.
Countries: Slovakia
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

1.12, data from year 2005
Feb. 15, 2011, 12:34 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

0.27, data from year 2005
Feb. 15, 2011, 12:34 p.m.
Countries: Spain
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

1.23, data from year 2005
Feb. 15, 2011, 12:34 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-3

5.39, data from year 2006