Table 2. Suicide by gender and age groups in WHO regions, estimates for 2008. WHO region 0–4 5–14 15–29 30–44 45–59 60–69 70–79 80+ Total Males, number of suicides by age groups World 0 5,961 136,532 Africa 0 724 11,422 Americas 0 571 15,171 Eastern Medit. 0 548 6,753 Europe 0 509 19,635 SE Asia 0 2,502 64,548 Western Pacific 0 1,107 19,002 Male suicide rate by age groups World 0.0 0.9 15.3 Africa 0.0 0.7 10.0 Americas 0.0 0.7 13.4 Eastern Medit. 0.0 0.8 7.6 Europe 0.0 1.0 19.9 SE Asia 0.0 1.4 25.6 Western Pacific 0.0 0.8 8.5 Females, number of suicides by age groups World 0 5,764 94,959 Africa 0 354 6,303 Americas 0 409 4,311 Eastern Medit. 0 555 8,124 Europe 0 203 4,001 SE Asia 0 3,413 59,109 Western Pacific 0 830 13,112 Female suicide rate by age groups World Africa Americas Eastern Medit. Europe SE Asia Western Pacific 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.3 0.5 0.9 0.4 2.0 0.7 11.2 5.5 3.9 9.6 4.2 25.0 6.3 128,196 9,603 15,127 4,585 25,842 49,869 23,170 17.8 15.1 15.9 8.1 26.8 26.8 10.4 60,378 2,273 4,124 3,443 5,228 23,793 21,517 8.6 3.6 4.3 6.6 5.4 13.4 10.1 117,916 6,939 13,936 2,787 28,615 33,048 32,590 23.4 20.9 18.9 8.8 33.6 27.5 20.4 48,413 2,775 4,517 1,776 7,017 10,378 21,950 9.5 7.7 5.8 6.0 7.7 8.9 14.1 52,222 3,580 5,309 981 10,480 9,965 21,907 28.2 30.7 18.9 9.5 29.2 25.6 36.5 24,791 1,974 1,378 410 3,464 5,284 12,282 12.4 14.7 4.4 3.9 8.1 12.6 20.5 43,984 2,251 3,478 896 9,329 6,776 21,254 42.2 43.0 22.2 17.0 37.9 35.8 61.6 24,077 1,452 638 444 3,559 2,635 15,349 18.7 22.3 3.3 8.0 9.9 11.7 39.5 21,676 903 2,635 681 5,070 2,052 10,335 60.1 77.5 34.1 44.7 53.2 40.4 93.5 17,145 778 460 353 2,924 1,070 11,560 27.8 44.5 3.5 21.1 14.0 16.6 64.7 506,487 35,423 56,227 17,230 99,480 168,761 129,366 14.9 8.8 12.4 5.8 23.1 18.8 14.1 275,527 15,909 15,837 15,104 26,395 105,683 96,599 8.2 3.9 3.4 5.3 5.8 12.3 11.1 Table 3. Latest suicide data reported to the WHO. WHO Region Country Europe Western Pacific SE Asia Europe Europe Americas Lithuania South Korea Sri Lanka Russian Federation Belarus Guyana Year 2009 2009 1991 2006 2007 2006 Suicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants Male Female Total 61.3 10.4 34.1 39.9 22.1 31.0 44.6 16.8 31.0 53.9 9.5 30.1 48.7 8.8 27.4 39.0 13.4 26.4 Number of suicides 1,138 15,413 5,347 42,855 2,663 202 Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2012, 9 765 Total, male and female 782,014 51,332 72,064 32,334 125,875 274,445 225,965 11.6 6.4 7.9 5.6 14.2 15.6 12.6 Male-female rate ratio 1.8 2.2 3.6 1.1 4.0 1.5 1.3 Male-female rate ratio 5.9 1.8 2.7 5.7 5.5 2.9