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  1. Number of suicides India 2022, by cause

    • statista.com
    Updated Jan 2, 2024
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    Statista (2024). Number of suicides India 2022, by cause [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/616974/suicides-by-cause-india/
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    Jan 2, 2024
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2022
    Area covered
    India
    Description

    During 2022, family problems was the leading cause of suicides in India with over 54 thousand deaths. This was followed by illness related suicide with over 31 thousand deaths due to AIDS and other STDs, cancer, paralysis and mental illness.

  2. Leading causes of death among teenagers aged 15-19 years in the United...

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    • ai-chatbox.pro
    Updated Dec 13, 2024
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    Statista (2024). Leading causes of death among teenagers aged 15-19 years in the United States 2020-22 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1017959/distribution-of-the-10-leading-causes-of-death-among-teenagers/
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    Dec 13, 2024
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    As of 2022, the third leading cause of death among teenagers aged 15 to 19 years in the United States was intentional self-harm or suicide, contributing around 17 percent of deaths among age group. The leading cause of death at that time was unintentional injuries, contributing to around 37.4 percent of deaths, while 21.8 percent of all deaths in this age group were due to assault or homicide. Cancer and heart disease, the overall leading causes of death in the United States, are also among the leading causes of death among U.S. teenagers. Adolescent suicide in the United States In 2021, around 22 percent of students in grades 9 to 12 reported that they had seriously considered attempting suicide in the past year. Female students were around twice as likely to report seriously considering suicide compared to male students. In 2022, Montana had the highest rate of suicides among U.S. teenagers with around 39 deaths per 100,000 teenagers, followed by South Dakota with a rate of 33 per 100,000. The states with the lowest death rates among adolescents are New York and New Jersey. Mental health treatment Suicidal thoughts are a clear symptom of mental health issues. Mental health issues are not rare among children and adolescents, and treatment for such issues has become increasingly accepted and accessible. In 2021, around 15 percent of boys and girls aged 5 to 17 years had received some form of mental health treatment in the past year. At that time, around 35 percent of youths aged 12 to 17 years in the United States who were receiving specialty mental health services were doing so because they had thought about killing themselves or had already tried to kill themselves.

  3. Death rate for suicide in the U.S. 1950-2022, by gender

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    Updated Feb 7, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Death rate for suicide in the U.S. 1950-2022, by gender [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/187478/death-rate-from-suicide-in-the-us-by-gender-since-1950/
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    Feb 7, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    Since the 1950s, the suicide rate in the United States has been significantly higher among men than women. In 2022, the suicide rate among men was almost four times higher than that of women. However, the rate of suicide for both men and women has increased gradually over the past couple of decades. Facts on suicide in the United States In 2022, the rate of suicide death in the United States was around 14 per 100,000 population. The suicide rate in the U.S. has generally increased since the year 2000, with the highest rates ever recorded in the years 2018 and 2022. In the United States, death rates from suicide are highest among those aged 45 to 64 years and lowest among younger adults aged 15 to 24. The states with the highest rates of suicide are Montana, Alaska, and Wyoming, while New Jersey and Massachusetts have the lowest rates. Suicide among men In 2023, around 4.5 percent of men in the United States reported having serious thoughts of suicide in the past year. Although this rate is lower than that of women, men still have a higher rate of suicide death than women. One reason for this may have to do with the method of suicide. Although firearms account for the largest share of suicide deaths among both men and women, firearms account for almost 60 percent of all suicides among men and just 35 percent among women. Suffocation and poisoning are the other most common methods of suicide among women, with the chances of surviving a suicide attempt from these methods being much higher than surviving an attempt by firearm. The age group with the highest rate of suicide death among men is by far those aged 75 years and over.

  4. Death rate for suicide in the U.S. 1950-2022

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    Updated Jun 23, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Death rate for suicide in the U.S. 1950-2022 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/187465/death-rate-from-suicide-in-the-us-since-1950/
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    Jun 23, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    According to the latest available data, there were around **** suicide deaths per 100,000 population in the United States in 2022. Suicide remains one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. highlighting the need for awareness and prevention. The suicide rate in the U.S. has risen for both men and women in recent years but remains over ***** times higher for men. Hospitalizations In 2021, there were around ******* adults hospitalized in the U.S. after a suicide attempt. Although the suicide rate among men is significantly higher than among women, there are more hospitalizations after suicide attempts for women than for men. In 2019, there were ******* such hospitalizations among women and ******* hospitalizations among men. Public opinionSuicide can be a divisive topic that involves religious and political views. Recent data shows that ** percent of the U.S. population believes suicide is morally wrong, while ** percent believe it to be morally acceptable. However, only ** percent of adults believe it is “very important” to invest public dollars in the prevention of suicide.

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    Suicide Rate

    • data.lacounty.gov
    • geohub.lacity.org
    • +1more
    Updated Jan 8, 2024
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    County of Los Angeles (2024). Suicide Rate [Dataset]. https://data.lacounty.gov/datasets/suicide-rate
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    Jan 8, 2024
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    County of Los Angeles
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    Description

    Mortality rate has been age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population. ICD-10 codes used to identify suicides are X60-X84, Y87.0, and U03. Single-year data are only available for Los Angeles County overall, Service Planning Areas, Supervisorial Districts, City of Los Angeles overall, and City of Los Angeles Council Districts.Suicide is a leading cause of preventable death in Los Angeles County, affecting individuals of all ages and races and ethnicities. While there is a strong association between suicide and health conditions, such as mood and anxiety disorders or substance use disorders, suicide is rarely caused by a single circumstance and is more often due to a combination of individual, relational, and environmental factors. Individual factors can include history of mental illness, previous suicide attempts, adverse childhood events, or financial hardship. Relational factors include experiences of bullying, loss of relationships, or social isolation. Environmental factors include lack of access to healthcare, community violence, or social stigma associated with seeking help for a mental illness.For more information about the Community Health Profiles Data Initiative, please see the initiative homepage.

  6. Leading causes of death among children aged 10-14 years in the United States...

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    • statista.com
    Updated Dec 13, 2024
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    Statista (2024). Leading causes of death among children aged 10-14 years in the United States 2020-22 [Dataset]. https://www.ai-chatbox.pro/?_=%2Fstatistics%2F1017954%2Fdistribution-of-the-10-leading-causes-of-death-among-children-ten-to-fourteen%2F%23XgboD02vawLbpWJjSPEePEUG%2FVFd%2Bik%3D
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    Dec 13, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    In 2022, the leading causes of death among children and adolescents in the United States aged 10 to 14 were unintentional injuries, intentional self-harm (suicide), and cancer. That year, unintentional injuries accounted for around 25 percent of all deaths among this age group. Leading causes of death among older teens Like those aged 10 to 14 years, the leading cause of death among older teenagers in the U.S. aged 15 to 19 years is unintentional injuries. In 2022, unintentional injuries accounted for around 37 percent of all deaths among older teens. However, unlike those aged 10 to 14, the second leading cause of death among teens aged 15 to 19 is assault or homicide. Sadly, the third leading cause of death among this age group is suicide, making suicide among the leading three causes of death for both age groups. Teen suicide Suicide remains a major problem among teenagers in the United States, as reflected in the leading causes of death among this age group. It was estimated that in 2021, around 22 percent of high school students in the U.S. considered attempting suicide in the past year, with this rate twice as high for girls than for boys. The states with the highest death rates due to suicide among adolescents aged 15 to 19 years are Montana, South Dakota, and New Mexico. In 2022, the death rate from suicide among this age group in Montana was 39 per 100,000 population. In comparison, New York, the state with the lowest rate, had just five suicide deaths among those aged 15 to 19 years per 100,000 population.

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    Effect of suicide rates on life expectancy dataset

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    • zenodo.org
    Updated Apr 16, 2021
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    Filip Zoubek (2021). Effect of suicide rates on life expectancy dataset [Dataset]. https://data.niaid.nih.gov/resources?id=zenodo_4694269
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    Apr 16, 2021
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Filip Zoubek
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    Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
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    Description

    Effect of suicide rates on life expectancy dataset

    Abstract In 2015, approximately 55 million people died worldwide, of which 8 million committed suicide. In the USA, one of the main causes of death is the aforementioned suicide, therefore, this experiment is dealing with the question of how much suicide rates affects the statistics of average life expectancy. The experiment takes two datasets, one with the number of suicides and life expectancy in the second one and combine data into one dataset. Subsequently, I try to find any patterns and correlations among the variables and perform statistical test using simple regression to confirm my assumptions.

    Data

    The experiment uses two datasets - WHO Suicide Statistics[1] and WHO Life Expectancy[2], which were firstly appropriately preprocessed. The final merged dataset to the experiment has 13 variables, where country and year are used as index: Country, Year, Suicides number, Life expectancy, Adult Mortality, which is probability of dying between 15 and 60 years per 1000 population, Infant deaths, which is number of Infant Deaths per 1000 population, Alcohol, which is alcohol, recorded per capita (15+) consumption, Under-five deaths, which is number of under-five deaths per 1000 population, HIV/AIDS, which is deaths per 1 000 live births HIV/AIDS, GDP, which is Gross Domestic Product per capita, Population, Income composition of resources, which is Human Development Index in terms of income composition of resources, and Schooling, which is number of years of schooling.

    LICENSE

    THE EXPERIMENT USES TWO DATASET - WHO SUICIDE STATISTICS AND WHO LIFE EXPECTANCY, WHICH WERE COLLEECTED FROM WHO AND UNITED NATIONS WEBSITE. THEREFORE, ALL DATASETS ARE UNDER THE LICENSE ATTRIBUTION-NONCOMMERCIAL-SHAREALIKE 3.0 IGO (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/igo/).

    [1] https://www.kaggle.com/szamil/who-suicide-statistics

    [2] https://www.kaggle.com/kumarajarshi/life-expectancy-who

  8. w

    Suicide

    • data.wu.ac.at
    • datadiscoverystudio.org
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    Updated Mar 26, 2018
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    State of Iowa (2018). Suicide [Dataset]. https://data.wu.ac.at/schema/data_gov/N2RhN2JjMTQtZWVjNi00NmM2LTllN2EtY2FlYTU5MGFmYjBl
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    Mar 26, 2018
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    State of Iowa
    Description

    Teenage and total suicide deaths at either the state or county level.

    Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people in the US. Understanding how suicide affects your community can help to address the many factors that contribute to this preventable public health problem.

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    Suicide data & reports

    • mass.gov
    Updated Dec 8, 2021
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    Department of Public Health (2021). Suicide data & reports [Dataset]. https://www.mass.gov/info-details/suicide-data-reports
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    Dataset updated
    Dec 8, 2021
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    Division of Violence and Injury Prevention
    Department of Public Health
    Bureau of Community Health and Prevention
    Area covered
    Massachusetts
    Description

    Download data on suicides in Massachusetts by demographics and year. This page also includes reporting on military & veteran suicide, and suicides during COVID-19.

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    Age Adjusted Suicide Rates

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    • data.montgomerycountymd.gov
    Updated Jul 8, 2015
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    Yang Yu (2015). Age Adjusted Suicide Rates [Dataset]. https://data.wu.ac.at/odso/data_montgomerycountymd_gov/ZGo0bS1kenpr
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    Jul 8, 2015
    Dataset provided by
    Yang Yu
    Description

    Age-adjustment mortality rates are rates of deaths that are computed using a statistical method to create a metric based on the true death rate so that it can be compared over time for a single population (i.e. comparing 2006-2008 to 2010-2012), as well as enable comparisons across different populations with possibly different age distributions in their populations (i.e. comparing Hispanic residents to Asian residents).
    Age adjustment methods applied to Montgomery County rates are consistent with US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) as well as Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Vital Statistics Administration (DHMH VSA). PHS Planning and Epidemiology receives an annual data file of Montgomery County resident deaths registered with Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Vital Statistics Administration (DHMH VSA).
    Using SAS analytic software, MCDHHS standardizes, aggregates, and calculates age-adjusted rates for each of the leading causes of death category consistent with state and national methods and by subgroups based on age, gender, race, and ethnicity combinations. Data are released in compliance with Data Use Agreements between DHMH VSA and MCDHHS. This dataset will be updated Annually.

  11. Leading causes of death, total population, by age group

    • www150.statcan.gc.ca
    • ouvert.canada.ca
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    Updated Feb 19, 2025
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    Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2025). Leading causes of death, total population, by age group [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.25318/1310039401-eng
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    Feb 19, 2025
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    Statistics Canadahttps://statcan.gc.ca/en
    Area covered
    Canada
    Description

    Rank, number of deaths, percentage of deaths, and age-specific mortality rates for the leading causes of death, by age group and sex, 2000 to most recent year.

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    Suicide mortality rate

    • demo.dev.magda.io
    • data.gov.au
    csv
    Updated Sep 8, 2023
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    Sustainable Development Goals (2023). Suicide mortality rate [Dataset]. https://demo.dev.magda.io/dataset/ds-dga-27feba4c-ef8b-4cd2-b2ad-bdb054d287a8
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    Dataset updated
    Sep 8, 2023
    Dataset provided by
    Sustainable Development Goals
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    License information was derived automatically

    Description

    Suicide Mortality Rate per 100,000 2016-2019. Suicide was the 13th leading cause of death in 2019. In 2019, the overall age-standardised suicide rate was 12.9 per 100,000 in Australia. The …Show full descriptionSuicide Mortality Rate per 100,000 2016-2019. Suicide was the 13th leading cause of death in 2019. In 2019, the overall age-standardised suicide rate was 12.9 per 100,000 in Australia. The Australian Bureau of Statistics, Causes of Death, Australia, 2019 reports that there were 3,318 registered suicides in 2019.

  13. Leading causes of death among children aged 1-4 years in the United States...

    • statista.com
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    Updated Dec 13, 2024
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    Leading causes of death among children aged 1-4 years in the United States 2020-2022 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1017924/distribution-of-the-10-leading-causes-of-death-among-children-one-to-four/
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    Dec 13, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    In 2022, the leading causes of death for children aged one to four years in the United States were unintentional injuries and congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities. At that time, around 31 percent of all deaths among these children were caused by unintentional injuries. Differences in causes of death among children by age Just as unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death among children aged one to four, it is also the leading cause of death for the age groups five to nine and 10 to 14. However, congenital malformations, deformations, and chromosomal abnormalities account for fewer deaths as children become older, while the share of deaths caused by cancer is higher among those aged five to nine and 10 to 14. In fact, cancer is the second leading cause of death among five to nine-year-olds, accounting for around 15 percent of all deaths. Sadly, the second leading cause of death among children aged 10 to 14 is intentional self-harm, with 13 percent of all deaths among those in this age group caused by suicide. Leading causes of death in the United States The leading causes of death in the United States are heart disease and malignant neoplasms. Together, these two diseases accounted for around 40 percent of all deaths in the United States in 2022. That year, COVID-19 was the fourth leading cause of death, with about six percent of all deaths caused by COVID-19. In 2022, the lifetime odds that the average person in the United States would die from heart disease was one in six, while the odds for cancer were one in seven and for COVID-19 one in 23.

  14. Leading causes of death among children aged 5-9 years in the United States...

    • statista.com
    • ai-chatbox.pro
    Updated Dec 13, 2024
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    Statista (2024). Leading causes of death among children aged 5-9 years in the United States 2020-2022 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1017949/distribution-of-the-10-leading-causes-of-death-among-children-five-to-nine/
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    Dec 13, 2024
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    The leading causes of death among children aged 5 to 9 years in the United States in 2022 were unintentional injuries, cancer, and congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities. At that time, unintentional injuries accounted for around 28 percent of all deaths among this age group. Child abuse in the U.S. Sadly, assault or homicide, was the fourth leading cause of death among those aged 5 to 9 years in the United States in 2022, accounting for around 9.4 percent of all deaths. That year, there were around 113,259 cases of child abuse in the U.S. among children aged 6 to 9 years and 129,846 cases among children aged 2 to 5 years. In 2022, there were around 5.36 child deaths per day in the United States due to abuse and neglect. Suicide among children Assault or homicide was also among the top five leading causes of death among children aged 10 to 14 years, but perhaps even more troubling is that suicide is the second leading cause of death among this age group. As with younger children, unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death among those aged 10 to 14 years, however, suicide accounts for around 13 percent of all deaths among this age group. Comparatively, suicide is not among the ten-leading causes of death among children from the age 1 to 9 years.

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    Suicide Rates and Olympic Athletes

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    Updated Oct 8, 2023
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    Emily Bonisteel; Philip Wilson; Diane Mack (2023). Suicide Rates and Olympic Athletes [Dataset]. https://osf.io/95n4b
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    Oct 8, 2023
    Dataset provided by
    Center For Open Science
    Authors
    Emily Bonisteel; Philip Wilson; Diane Mack
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Description

    Olympic athletes: the epitome of health and fitness, role models for their communities, and competing on the world stage. Is there a cost incurred by highlighting the achievements of these elite athletes? Suicide, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is death by injuring oneself whereby death was the intent (Suicide Prevention: Facts, 2022). A person harming themselves with death as the intention but not the outcome is classified as a suicide attempt (Suicide Prevention: Facts, 2022). In the general population, suicide is one of the leading causes of death, especially amongst younger people where it is the fourth leading cause of death (Suicide Prevention: Risk, 2022). In 2019, the global age-standardized suicide rate was 9 deaths per 100,000 people (World Health Organization (WHO), 2021). The risk factors for suicide are multifaceted and complex, ranging from a history of mental health issues, serious illnesses, chronic pain, financial stress, substance use, adverse childhood experiences, and difficulties in relationships (Suicide Prevention: Risk, 2022). Differences in sociodemographic variables have been linked with suicide rates (Suicide Prevention: Risk, 2022). For example, the suicide rate for males (~12.6 per 100,000) is typically higher than females (5.4 per 100,000) (Suicide Prevention: Risk, 2022). Economic factors may also play a role given the largest portion of deaths by suicide occur in lower-income and middle-income countries (Suicide Prevention: Risk, 2022), yet high-income countries report higher age-standardized rates of suicide (10.9 per 100,000) (Suicide Prevention: Risk, 2022). More than half (58%) of global suicides occur in persons less than 50 years of age (Suicide Prevention: Risk, 2022) implicating stage of life as a plausible risk factor linked with death by suicide. Overall, suicide rates have been declining since 2000 with a 36% reduction noted in 2019 compared with 20 years earlier (Suicide Prevention: Risk, 2022).

    Sports and athletes can be ‘newsworthy’, so there is heightened media attention when high-profile athletes die from suicide. Research examining suicide and athletes has focused primarily on collegiate (or university-level) athletes. In the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) over a nine-year period, the rate of death by suicide in athletes was 1.35 per 100,000 in males, and 0.37 per 100,000 in females, both of which are lower than suicide rates for age-matched students (Rao et al., 2015). NCAA football had the highest relative rates of suicide at 2.25 per 100,000 yet this rate is still lower compared against other students matched for age and sex (Rao et al., 2015). In football, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (or CTE) has been gaining traction as one risk factor leading to death by suicide (Rao, 2018). To date, studies of suicide and athletes competing at other levels of sport (e.g., Olympics, etc.) appear sparse. One study of US Olympians compared mental disorders, substance abuse, and self-harm reported by athletes with the public noting athletes had a lower risk of death by suicide from these factors (Rao, 2018). Suicidal ideation was reported by 1 in 6 Swedish athletes competing at the international level (Timpka et al., 2019). Finally, retirement may be a factor to consider in suicide prevention initiatives given that male athletes competing in power sports (e.g., wrestling, Olympic lifting, etc.) retiring between 30 and 50 years of age were 2 to 4 times more likely to die by suicide than non-athletes of the same ages (Lindqvist et al., 2014).

    To date, limited research has been reported on Olympic athletes and suicide. Further research is warranted to determine the frequency of suicide rates in Olympians plus identifiable risk factors for death by suicide reported by this cohort of elite athletes.

  16. What Are Reasons for the Large Gender Differences in the Lethality of...

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    Updated May 30, 2023
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    Roland Mergl; Nicole Koburger; Katherina Heinrichs; András Székely; Mónika Ditta Tóth; James Coyne; Sónia Quintão; Ella Arensman; Claire Coffey; Margaret Maxwell; Airi Värnik; Chantal van Audenhove; David McDaid; Marco Sarchiapone; Armin Schmidtke; Axel Genz; Ricardo Gusmão; Ulrich Hegerl (2023). What Are Reasons for the Large Gender Differences in the Lethality of Suicidal Acts? An Epidemiological Analysis in Four European Countries [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0129062
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    May 30, 2023
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    PLOShttp://plos.org/
    Authors
    Roland Mergl; Nicole Koburger; Katherina Heinrichs; András Székely; Mónika Ditta Tóth; James Coyne; Sónia Quintão; Ella Arensman; Claire Coffey; Margaret Maxwell; Airi Värnik; Chantal van Audenhove; David McDaid; Marco Sarchiapone; Armin Schmidtke; Axel Genz; Ricardo Gusmão; Ulrich Hegerl
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    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Area covered
    Europe
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    BackgroundIn Europe, men have lower rates of attempted suicide compared to women and at the same time a higher rate of completed suicides, indicating major gender differences in lethality of suicidal behaviour. The aim of this study was to analyse the extent to which these gender differences in lethality can be explained by factors such as choice of more lethal methods or lethality differences within the same suicide method or age. In addition, we explored gender differences in the intentionality of suicide attempts.Methods and FindingsMethods. Design: Epidemiological study using a combination of self-report and official data. Setting: Mental health care services in four European countries: Germany, Hungary, Ireland, and Portugal. Data basis: Completed suicides derived from official statistics for each country (767 acts, 74.4% male) and assessed suicide attempts excluding habitual intentional self-harm (8,175 acts, 43.2% male).Main Outcome Measures and Data Analysis. We collected data on suicidal acts in eight regions of four European countries participating in the EU-funded “OSPI-Europe”-project (www.ospi-europe.com). We calculated method-specific lethality using the number of completed suicides per method * 100 / (number of completed suicides per method + number of attempted suicides per method). We tested gender differences in the distribution of suicidal acts for significance by using the χ2-test for two-by-two tables. We assessed the effect sizes with phi coefficients (φ). We identified predictors of lethality with a binary logistic regression analysis. Poisson regression analysis examined the contribution of choice of methods and method-specific lethality to gender differences in the lethality of suicidal acts.Findings Main ResultsSuicidal acts (fatal and non-fatal) were 3.4 times more lethal in men than in women (lethality 13.91% (regarding 4106 suicidal acts) versus 4.05% (regarding 4836 suicidal acts)), the difference being significant for the methods hanging, jumping, moving objects, sharp objects and poisoning by substances other than drugs. Median age at time of suicidal behaviour (35–44 years) did not differ between males and females. The overall gender difference in lethality of suicidal behaviour was explained by males choosing more lethal suicide methods (odds ratio (OR) = 2.03; 95% CI = 1.65 to 2.50; p < 0.000001) and additionally, but to a lesser degree, by a higher lethality of suicidal acts for males even within the same method (OR = 1.64; 95% CI = 1.32 to 2.02; p = 0.000005). Results of a regression analysis revealed neither age nor country differences were significant predictors for gender differences in the lethality of suicidal acts. The proportion of serious suicide attempts among all non-fatal suicidal acts with known intentionality (NFSAi) was significantly higher in men (57.1%; 1,207 of 2,115 NFSAi) than in women (48.6%; 1,508 of 3,100 NFSAi) (χ2 = 35.74; p < 0.000001).Main limitations of the studyDue to restrictive data security regulations to ensure anonymity in Ireland, specific ages could not be provided because of the relatively low absolute numbers of suicide in the Irish intervention and control region. Therefore, analyses of the interaction between gender and age could only be conducted for three of the four countries. Attempted suicides were assessed for patients presenting to emergency departments or treated in hospitals. An unknown rate of attempted suicides remained undetected. This may have caused an overestimation of the lethality of certain methods. Moreover, the detection of attempted suicides and the registration of completed suicides might have differed across the four countries. Some suicides might be hidden and misclassified as undetermined deaths.ConclusionsMen more often used highly lethal methods in suicidal behaviour, but there was also a higher method-specific lethality which together explained the large gender differences in the lethality of suicidal acts. Gender differences in the lethality of suicidal acts were fairly consistent across all four European countries examined. Males and females did not differ in age at time of suicidal behaviour. Suicide attempts by males were rated as being more serious independent of the method used, with the exceptions of attempted hanging, suggesting gender differences in intentionality associated with suicidal behaviour. These findings contribute to understanding of the spectrum of reasons for gender differences in the lethality of suicidal behaviour and should inform the development of gender specific strategies for suicide prevention.

  17. Leading causes of death South Korea 2023, by age

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    Updated Jun 25, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Leading causes of death South Korea 2023, by age [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267450/south-korea-main-causes-of-death-by-age/
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    2023
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    South Korea
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    In 2023, the leading cause of death among people aged 10 to 39 years in South Korea was suicide, which accounted for*************** of all deaths among people in their twenties. The leading cause of death among people over 40 was cancer.

  18. Suicides in England and Wales

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    Office for National Statistics (2024). Suicides in England and Wales [Dataset]. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/suicidesintheunitedkingdomreferencetables
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    Aug 29, 2024
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    Open Government Licence 3.0http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
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    Number of suicides and suicide rates, by sex and age, in England and Wales. Information on conclusion type is provided, along with the proportion of suicides by method and the median registration delay.

  19. Suicide rate South Korea 2010-2023, by age

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    Statista (2025). Suicide rate South Korea 2010-2023, by age [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/789375/south-korea-suicide-death-rate-by-age-group/
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    Jun 23, 2025
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    South Korea
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    In 2023, the suicide rate in South Korea was particularly high among the elderly population over the age of **, with **** deaths per 100,000 population. The overall suicide rate among people aged 10 to 79 years increased compared to the previous year. Suicide was the leading cause of death among people aged 10 to 39 years. Suicide among the elderlySouth Korea has the highest suicide rate in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). One driving factor for suicide among the elderly is poverty. Almost half of the senior citizens in the country live with less than half the median disposable income. Many do not want to become a financial burden for their families and end up committing suicide as a result of not being able to support themselves.Suicide prevention Since the South Korean government implemented its initial suicide prevention program in 2004, numerous measures have been put in place to address the alarmingly high suicide rate. However, these efforts have not been very successful. Despite an increase in the annual budget for suicide prevention, it still remains significantly lower compared to international standards. If you are having suicidal thoughts, or you know someone who is, it is essential to seek help. Many countries have suicide crisis or prevention lines that offer free advice and support in such situations. If you live in the United States, you can reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by simply calling *** to receive free and confidential support ****. If you live in South Korea you can call the suicide prevention hotline ***.

  20. W

    Suicide mortality rate

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    Updated Dec 13, 2019
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    Australia (2019). Suicide mortality rate [Dataset]. https://cloud.csiss.gmu.edu/uddi/dataset/suicide-mortality-rate
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    Suicide Mortality Rate per 100,000 2016-2018. Suicide remains the leading cause of death for Australians aged between 15 and 44. In 2018, the overall age-standardised suicide rate was 12.1 per 100,000 in Australia. The Australian Bureau of Statistics, Causes of Death, Australia, 2018 reports the preliminary figure for death due to suicide in 2018 at 3,046.

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Statista (2024). Number of suicides India 2022, by cause [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/616974/suicides-by-cause-india/
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Number of suicides India 2022, by cause

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Time period covered
2022
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India
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During 2022, family problems was the leading cause of suicides in India with over 54 thousand deaths. This was followed by illness related suicide with over 31 thousand deaths due to AIDS and other STDs, cancer, paralysis and mental illness.

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