Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2012, 9 WHO Region Country Western Pacific Americas Africa SE Asia Americas Europe Americas Americas Europe Africa Europe Europe Americas Americas Americas Americas Americas Europe Africa Europe Europe Europe Americas Europe Eastern Medit. Americas Americas Americas Americas Europe Americas Europe Americas Europe Americas Americas Western Pacific Europe Eastern Medit. Americas Americas Africa Africa Australia El Salvador Zimbabwe Thailand Argentina Spain Puerto Rico Ecuador United Kingdom Mauritius Macedonia Italy Costa Rica Nicaragua Panama Colombia Brazil Uzbekistan Seychelles Cyprus Georgia Israel Mexico Albania Bahrain Belize St.Vincent & Grenadines Guatemala Paraguay Greece Barbados Malta Venezuela Tajikistan Saint Lucia Dominican Republic Philippines Armenia Kuwait Peru Bahamas South Africa Sao Tome and Principe Year 2006 2008 1990 2002 2008 2008 2005 2009 2009 2008 2003 2007 2009 2006 2008 2007 2008 2005 2008 2008 2009 2007 2008 2003 2006 2008 2008 2008 2008 2009 2006 2008 2007 2001 2005 2005 1993 2008 2009 2007 2005 2007 1987 Table 3. Cont. Suicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants Male Female Total 12.8 3.6 8.2 12.9 3.6 8.0 10.6 5.2 7.9 12.0 3.8 7.8 12.6 3.0 7.7 11.9 3.4 7.6 13.2 2.0 7.4 10.5 3.6 7.1 10.9 3.0 6.9 11.8 1.9 6.8 9.5 4.0 6.8 10.0 2.8 6.3 10.2 1.9 6.1 9.0 2.6 5.8 9.0 1.9 5.5 7.9 2.0 4.9 7.7 2.0 4.8 7.0 2.3 4.7 8.9 0.0 4.6 7.4 1.7 4.5 7.1 1.7 4.3 7.0 1.5 4.3 7.0 1.5 4.2 4.7 3.3 4.0 4.0 3.5 3.8 6.6 0.7 3.7 5.4 5.6 5.1 6.0 7.3 5.9 5.3 2.9 4.9 3.9 2.5 2.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.4 0.0 1.9 1.7 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 1.2 2.3 0.0 0.7 1.7 1.1 1.7 1.0 0.6 0.4 1.8 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.2 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.4 1.2 0.9 0.9 Number of suicides 1,673 490 768 4,905 3,068 3,457 288 965 4,245 84 137 3,757 280 319 186 2,191 9,206 1,221 4 36 188 306 4,565 124 28 11 4 492 222 391 9 14 896 163 4 220 848 63 62 407 4 420 1 767 Male-female rate ratio 3.6 3.6 2.0 3.2 4.2 3.5 6.6 2.9 3.6 6.2 2.4 3.6 5.4 3.5 4.7 4.0 3.9 3.0 4.4 4.2 4.7 4.7 1.4 1.1 9.4 2.8 3.3 2.6 6.0 5.9 4.4 1.3 5.6 1.5 2.5 1.1 1.9 3.2 3.5 0.0