World Suicide Facts 1993
Per 100,000 aged 15-24, 1991-1993
Males Females Ratio
Greece 3.8 0.8 5
Portugal 4.3 2.0 2
Italy 5.7 1.6 4
Spain 7.1 2.2 3
Netherlands 9.1 3.8 2
Sweden 10.0 6.7 1
Japan 10.1 4.4 2
Israel 11.7 2.5 5
UK 12.2 2.3 5
Germany 12.7 3.4 4
Denmark 13.4 2.3 6
France 14.0 4.3 3
Bulgaria 15.4 5.6 3
Czech Rep. 16.4 4.3 4
Poland 16.6 2.5 7
Ukraine 17.2 5.3 3
Hungary 19.1 5.5 3
Austria 21.1 6.5 3
Ireland 21.5 2.0 11
US 21.9 3.8 6
Belarus 24.2 5.2 5
Canada 24.7 6.0 4
Switzerland 25.0 4.8 5
Australia 27.3 5.6 5
Norway 28.2 5.2 5
Estonia 29.7 10.6 3
Finland 33.0 3.2 10
Latvia 35.0 9.3 4
Slovenia 37.0 8.4 4
New Zealand 39.9 6.2 6
Russian Fed. 41.7 7.9 5
Lithuania 44.9 6.7 7
religious and social strictures against suicide
may result in some under-reporting in some of the nations not listed.
world health organization