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Botswana Annual Causes of Mortality Report - 2023

May 18, 2026, 7:33 p.m.

Countries: Botswana
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-5

"According to Table 11 in Botswana Causes of Mortality, 2023 Annual Report, female suicide mortality rates in Botswana in 2023 were substantially lower than male rates. Among ages 15–24, the female suicide rate was approximately 10.1% of the male rate; among ages 25–34, approximately 4.3%; and among ages 35–44, approximately 6.2%"

Suicidal behaviour-Belgium

April 13, 2026, 5:33 p.m.

Countries: Belgium
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-5

"Suicide rates by age group are presented pooled over 3 years to avoid jumps due to small numbers. Suicide rates are higher for men than for women at any age, showing a gender difference in suicide. Suicide rates are the highest for men aged over 85 and for women between 45 et 64 years old" (para 13).

SURVEY ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN Analytical Report 2021

March 28, 2026, 3:29 p.m.

Countries: Armenia
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-5

“7.2% of ever-partnered women seriously considered ending their life and 1.5% have attempted suicide (Table 28)” (Para 42).

Afghanistan - Why female suicide is so prevalent

Oct. 8, 2018, 3:38 p.m.

Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-5

"According to health officials in Herat, 1,800 people tried to kill themselves in 2017 alone, of whom 1,400 were women - and 35 succeeded in taking their own lives" (para 5).

WUNRN: Alarming rise in suicide and self-harm in Australia

Sept. 23, 2015, 10:04 p.m.

Countries: Australia
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-5

“About 2,500 Australians take their own lives every year, and while 75 per cent of deaths from suicide are men, more women are attempting to take their own lives” (para 3). “Suicide Prevention Australia will tomorrow release a report, titled Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour in Women - Issues and Prevention, that shows a 10 per cent increase in deaths for each of the past three years” (para 4)

WUNRN: Suicide is number one cause of death among young women in India

Dec. 11, 2013, 9:11 p.m.

Countries: India
Variables: SUICIDE-DATA-5

"Last year a Lancet study estimated there were 187,000 suicides in India among over 15s in 2010, or three percent of all deaths recorded that year. It represented a more than 50,000 increase on official National Crime Records Bureau figures, attributed to under-reporting of cause of death possibly due to social concerns over what remains a taboo subject. Compare this with the 5,608 suicides that occurred in over 15s in the UK in 2010. India's population is nearly 20 times that of the UK's, meaning equivalent figures would set Indian suicides at about 112,000 -- 75,000 less than the Lancet article's estimates. According to the study, 40 percent of those...more