Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2012, 9 WHO Region Country Europe Europe Western Pacific Europe Europe Europe Europe Europe Europe Europe Europe Europe Europe Europe Americas Europe Europe Western Pacific Americas Europe Western Pacific Europe Europe Americas Europe Europe Europe Europe Europe Europe Europe Europe Western Pacific Americas Americas Americas Americas SE Asia Western Pacific Europe Europe Europe Europe Europe Kazakhstan Hungary Japan Latvia Slovenia Ukraine Belgium Finland Serbia Estonia Switzerland Croatia Moldova France Uruguay Austria Poland Hong Kong Suriname Czech Republic China, selected areas (estimated total) Sweden Slovakia Cuba Bulgaria Romania Norway Iceland Denmark Germany Ireland Bosnia and Herzegovina New Zealand Canada Chile United States of America Trinidad and Tobago India Singapore Portugal Luxembourg Netherlands Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan Year 2008 2009 2009 2009 2009 2009 2005 2009 2009 2008 2007 2009 2008 2007 2004 2009 2008 2009 2005 2009 1999 2008 2005 2008 2008 2009 2009 2008 2006 2006 2009 1991 2007 2004 2007 2005 2006 2009 2006 2009 2008 2009 2009 1998 Table 3. Cont. Suicide rate per 100,000 inhabitants Male Female Total 43.0 9.4 25.6 40.0 10.6 24.6 36.2 13.2 24.4 40.0 8.2 22.9 34.6 9.4 21.9 37.8 7.0 21.2 28.8 10.3 19.4 29.0 10.0 19.3 28.1 10.0 18.8 30.6 7.3 18.1 24.8 11.4 18.0 28.9 7.5 17.8 30.1 5.6 17.4 24.7 8.5 16.3 26.0 6.3 15.8 23.8 7.1 15.2 26.4 4.1 14.9 19.0 10.7 14.6 23.9 4.8 14.4 23.9 4.4 14.0 13.0 14.8 13.9 18.7 22.3 19.0 18.8 21.0 17.3 16.5 17.5 17.9 19.0 20.3 18.1 17.3 18.2 17.7 17.9 13.0 12.9 15.6 16.1 13.1 14.1 13.8 6.8 3.4 5.5 6.2 3.5 6.5 7.0 6.4 6.0 4.7 3.3 5.5 5.4 4.2 4.5 3.8 7.8 7.7 4.0 3.2 5.5 3.6 3.5 12.7 12.6 12.3 12.3 12.0 11.9 11.9 11.9 11.9 11.8 11.8 11.7 11.3 11.1 11.0 10.7 10.5 10.3 9.6 9.6 9.3 8.8 8.6 Number of suicides 4,009 2,461 30,707 516 447 9,716 2,028 1,032 1,376 242 1,360 790 620 10,122 526 1,273 5,681 1,024 72 1,464 16,836 (200,000) 1,170 679 1,376 939 2,286 573 38 647 9,765 527 531 493 3,613 1,848 32,559 141 127,151 372 1,025 47 1,525 458 406 766 Male-female rate ratio 4.6 3.8 2.7 4.9 3.7 5.4 2.8 2.9 2.8 4.2 2.2 3.9 5.4 2.9 4.1 3.4 6.4 1.8 5.0 5.4 0.9 2.8 6.6 3.5 3.0 6.0 2.7 2.4 2.7 3.0 4.0 6.2 3.3 3.2 4.3 3.9 4.7 1.7 1.7 3.9 5.0 2.4 3.9 3.9