Countries: Chile
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1

"in addition to the 56 femicides already analyzed throughout this document, the Chilean Network recorded, during 2022, 6 femicidal suicides and 1 collateral victim of femicidal violence. The six women recorded as femicidal suicides during 2022 are María José Mercado Sweet (23) in La Florida, Jazmín Pinda (33) in Antofagasta, María Luisa Loyola Rojas in Copiapó, Solange Mesina Díaz in Viña del Mar, Yanira in Puente Alto, and a woman in Viña del Mar whose identity is unknown. The collateral victim of femicidal violence recorded in 2022 is a man from Maule whose name is unknown" (p. 22). According to Table 5, titled "Registro histórico desde 2014 de suicidios femicidas,...more

Countries: Chad
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1

According to the graphs published on the World Bank Group Data website, the 2021 suicide mortality rate for Chadian men per 100,000 male population was 7.4. As for the women, this rate per 100,000 female population was 3 in the same year, making the male suicide mortality rape over twice as much compare to the female rates (MR-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Central African Rep
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1

"At the Kassai military camp in Bangui's seventh district, a young female soldier committed suicide after enduring months of sexual harassment by her superior. This incident underscores the serious failings of the national military authorities in addressing the abuse and pressure suffered by soldiers. A 29-year-old female soldier, Myriam Ouloufi, committed suicide on Monday, May 27, at Camp Kassai in Bangui. According to testimonies from her relatives on social media, she was subjected to constant pressure and harassment from her superior officer" (para 1-2). "Shortly after, while Myriam Ouloufi [young female soldier in Central African Republic] was alone in the room awaiting the decision of her superiors, a gunshot rang...more

Countries: Cape Verde
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1

"According to the downloadable spreadsheets available on the World Health Organization website, the 2021 suicide rate for the male population in Cape Verde was approximately 25.27 deaths per 100,000 males. In comparison, the suicide rate for the female population was approximately 4.15 deaths per 100,000 females. The data shows that the male suicide rate was more than six times higher than the female suicide rate in Cape Verde in 2021" (MR-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Canada
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1

"According to the world map published on the World Bank Gender Data Portal, which tracks suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 population) using data from the World Health Organization's Global Health Observatory, Canada's suicide mortality rate for 2021 was 4.8 per 100,000 for females and 14.2 per 100,000 for males" (MR-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Cameroon
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1

According to the downloadable spreadsheets published on the WHO Data website, Cameroon (CMR) recorded a self-harm death rate of 3.54 per 100,000 population among females and 13.49 per 100,000 population among males in 2021, indicating that the male self-harm death rate was roughly 3.8 times higher than the female rate that year (MR-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Cambodia
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1

"According to the downloadable spreadsheets published on the WHO Data website, Cambodia (KHM) recorded a self-harm death rate of 2.74 per 100,000 population among females and 6.34 per 100,000 population among males in 2021, indicating that the male self-harm death rate was more than double the female rate that year" (MR-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Burundi
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1

"A woman was discovered on Monday morning, hanging in her bedroom. The husband of the victim, a soldier assigned to the Makamba camp (southern Burundi) is suspected of having simulated the suicide of his wife by hanging. He was arrested by the local police" (para 1-2).

Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1

"A Grade 12 student in Ramree Township, Arakan (Rakhine) State, died by suicide after enduring severe psychological trauma following an attempted rape at her home, local residents and humanitarian networks reported Monday. The 17-year-old girl was heavily traumatized after the ordeal at her home in Ward 5, Laytaung Town, Ramree Township, around 2:00 a.m. on June 3" (para 1-2).

Countries: Brunei
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1

"Suicide rates are susceptible to procedural and sociocultural practices.8 The WHO Western Pacific Region has reported an age-standardised suicide rate of 8.4 (9.5 for males, 7.5 for females) per 100 000 population…" (para 6).

Countries: Brazil
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1

"After the redistribution, 22,591 adolescent suicides were identified. Rates increased by 120% over the period, with a sharp rise starting in 2013 (APC: 7.7%; 95%CI: 6.2–9.3), particularly among 10–14-year-old girls after 2011 (APC: 10.6%; 95%CI: 8.2–13.0). Male rates were nearly twice as high than female rates, but 10–14-year-old female rates surpassed males after 2018. Hanging was the most frequent method (65.9%), followed by poisoning (15.7%) and firearms (10.8%). Hanging-related deaths increased across all subgroups, and the downward trend in firearm-related suicides reversed after 2010 (APC: 3.0%; 95%CI: 0.6–5.4)" (para 3). "Between 2000 and 2022, the corrected suicide rates among adolescents increased by 120%, varying from 2.10 to 4.62 deaths per...more

Countries: Botswana
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1

"Table 11 from *BOTSWANA CAUSES OF MORTALITY, 2023 | ANNUAL REPORT* shows that the suicide mortality rate in Botswana for 2023 was calculated by dividing the number of suicide deaths by the total population and multiplying by 100,000. In 2023, there were 5 suicide deaths per 100,000 population, with a higher incidence among males (8 per 100,000) than females (1 per 100,000). Generally, the most affected age groups were 25–34 years, 35–44 years, and 15–24 years. Suicidal mortality was low in younger ages (0–14 years), peaked in middle-aged individuals (15–54 years), and decreased in older ages (55+). The report further notes that suicidal deaths contributed to 0.8 percent of all...more

Countries: Iran
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1

"IranWire reported the case of Afsaneh, a 22-year-old who was sent to a psychiatric hospital following interrogation in 2022, returned to Urmia Prison and later took her own life. Upon arrival at the prison, she reportedly told fellow inmates: ‘They hit me a lot. They raped me many times'" (para 38-39).

Countries: Belize
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1

"Iveth Quintanilla, the Mental Health Coordinator at MOHW, shared data from a report covering the years 2020 to 2024. According to her findings, young adults aged 18 to 34 are the most affected demographic, making up 59% of all suicide cases during this period. A total of 171 suicides were recorded, with males accounting for 80% (137 cases) and females for the remaining 20% (34 cases). Quintanilla also noted an increase in suicides in 2023, with 46 deaths reported—the highest number in the five years" (para 2).

Countries: Bhutan
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-1

"Gender and age disparities in the data are significant, with 148 men and 51 women taking their lives. The majority (85 cases) were in the 20–39 age group, followed by 50 cases among those aged 40–59. There were 31 cases among 60 years and above. Suicides in the younger population were also troubling, with 30 cases among those aged 13–19 and three cases involving children under 12" (para 6).