Table 1. Suicide by method (% out of all suicides by country) according to the WHO mortality database (as at November 2006); countries reporting ICD-10 data.
| Countrya | Year | Men |
Women |
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| Other poisoning | Pesticides | Hanging | Drowning | Firearms | Falls | Other | N | Other poisoning | Pesticides | Hanging | Drowning | Firearms | Falls | Other | N | |||
| Africa | ||||||||||||||||||
| South Africa (ZA) | 1996 & 2004 | 6.6 | 3.6 | 68.7 | 0.0 | 12.6 | 0.2 | 8.2 | 412 | 22.7 | 12.6 | 41.2 | 0.8 | 9.2 | 0.8 | 12.6 | 119 | |
| Americas | ||||||||||||||||||
| Argentina (RA) | 1997–2003 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 49.1 | 1.5 | 37.6 | 2.4 | 7.0 | 15 214 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 38.0 | 4.2 | 25.9 | 10.3 | 14.1 | 4 188 | |
| Brazil (BR) | 1996–2002 | 2.0 | 8.3 | 52.4 | 0.9 | 22.1 | 1.8 | 12.6 | 33 072 | 6.5 | 16.0 | 37.6 | 2.3 | 13.4 | 3.9 | 20.4 | 8 591 | |
| Canada (CDN) | 2000–2003 | 10.2 | 0.4 | 44.4 | 2.3 | 21.6 | 4.7 | 16.3 | 11 419 | 34.3 | 05 | 36.8 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 14.1 | 3 288 | |
| Chile (RCH) | 1997–2003 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 77.2 | 0.9 | 11.7 | 0.7 | 3.9 | 7 995 | 7.7 | 9.8 | 62.6 | 2.7 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 7.2 | 1 342 | |
| Colombia (CO) | 1997–1999 | 5.9 | 20.1 | 27.7 | 1.1 | 37.0 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 4 243 | 12.5 | 45.7 | 17.4 | 1.2 | 15.0 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 1 292 | |
| Costa Rica (CR) | 1997–2004 | 3.5 | 29.9 | 38.4 | 0.2 | 24.0 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 1 727 | 8.9 | 43.2 | 30.4 | 0.4 | 11.3 | 3.9 | 1.9 | 257 | |
| Cuba (CU) | 2001–2004 | 1.7 | 8.9 | 76.8 | 0.6 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 6.6 | 4 620 | 11.5 | 10.3 | 27.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 45.8 | 1 649 | |
| Dominican Republic (DOM) | 1996–2001 | 2.5 | 22.4 | 42.8 | 2.5 | 20.2 | 1.5 | 8.1 | 754 | 7.8 | 34.9 | 31.9 | 3.6 | 8.4 | 3.0 | 10.2 | 166 | |
| Ecuador (EC) | 1997–2004 | 1.6 | 32.2 | 41.3 | 1.6 | 19.2 | 0.1 | 4.0 | 3 369 | 2.3 | 64.3 | 23.9 | 0.8 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 3.3 | 1 542 | |
| El Salvador (ES) | 1997–2003 | 0.4 | 86.2 | 8.4 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 2 446 | 0.0 | 95.1 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 1 102 | |
| Mexico (MEX) | 1998–2003 | 0.9 | 5.3 | 68.8 | 0.5 | 20.5 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 18 283 | 6.9 | 21.5 | 51.3 | 0.7 | 13.4 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 3 590 | |
| Nicaragua (NIC) | 1997–2003 | 1.8 | 61.4 | 25.7 | 0.6 | 7.4 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 1 647 | 7.7 | 84.6 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 726 | |
| Panama (PA) | 1998–2003 | 1.4 | 18.3 | 63.5 | 0.0 | 11.9 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 816 | 2.9 | 46.3 | 44.1 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 0.7 | 136 | |
| Paraguay (PY) | 1996–2003 | 0.6 | 15.4 | 42.9 | 1.6 | 30.4 | 1.2 | 7.9 | 687 | 2.5 | 38.5 | 27.1 | 1.9 | 21.5 | 2.8 | 5.7 | 317 | |
| Peru (PE) | 1999–2000 | 2.3 | 54.6 | 14.1 | 3.3 | 11.8 | 0.3 | 13.5 | 304 | 1.8 | 83.0 | 7.3 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 165 | |
| Puerto Rico (PR) | 1999–2002 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 67.6 | 1.7 | 17.6 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 993 | 19.2 | 6.2 | 42.3 | 1.5 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 16.2 | 130 | |
| United States of America (USA) | 1999–2002 | 7.1 | 0.3 | 20.4 | 0.9 | 60.6 | 1.9 | 8.8 | 97 014 | 31.0 | 0.5 | 16.9 | 2.1 | 35.7 | 3.4 | 10.5 | 23 629 | |
| Uruguay (ROU) | 1997–2001 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 41.1 | 2.7 | 47.8 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 2 027 | 6.8 | 3.7 | 27.5 | 9.1 | 35.7 | 7.6 | 9.5 | 484 | |
| Venezuela (YV) | 1996–2002 | 1.4 | 13.3 | 56.6 | 0.6 | 23.3 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 7 021 | 5.2 | 29.8 | 44.1 | 0.5 | 12.2 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 1 395 | |
| Asia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (HK) | 2001–2004 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 22.6 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 43.3 | 29.1 | 2 866 | 3.5 | 2.4 | 18.9 | 4.5 | 0.1 | 47.5 | 23.1 | 1 556 | |
| Israel (IL) | 1998–2003 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 42.0 | 0.7 | 25.4 | 10.3 | 17.2 | 1 511 | 8.9 | 2.9 | 31.1 | 2.1 | 9.1 | 21.9 | 24.0 | 383 | |
| Japan (J) | 1995–2004 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 68.7 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 8.1 | 16.5 | 199 505 | 2.9 | 4.3 | 59.9 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 12.7 | 82 646 | |
| Kuwait (KWT) | 1995–2001 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 91.7 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.1 | 193 | 0.0 | 7.3 | 90.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 96 | |
| Republic of Korea (ROK) | 1995–2004 | 0.4 | 37.5 | 39.2 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 53 449 | 0.8 | 42.8 | 26.0 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 18.5 | 8.1 | 23 392 | |
| Thailand (T) | 1994–2002 | 6.3 | 16.4 | 51.7 | 0.1 | 6.1 | 0.1 | 19.3 | 27 015 | 11.3 | 28.3 | 41.8 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 16.4 | 8 669 | |
| Australia & New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australia (AUS) | 1998–2003 | 8.0 | 1.1 | 45.4 | 1.3 | 11.5 | 3.6 | 29.1 | 11 422 | 26.5 | 0.7 | 36.4 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 25.3 | 3 017 | |
| New Zealand (NZ) | 2000–2003 | 6.4 | 1.0 | 48.4 | 1.9 | 11.2 | 2.5 | 28.6 | 1 493 | 19.7 | 0.4 | 42.5 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 6.4 | 24.3 | 456 | |
| Europe | ||||||||||||||||||
| Austria (A) | 2002–2005 | 5.6 | 0.3 | 48.1 | 3.3 | 20.7 | 8.9 | 13.1 | 4 373 | 17.7 | 0.6 | 35.2 | 10.7 | 2.6 | 18.1 | 15.1 | 1 444 | |
| Croatia (HR) | 1995–2004 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 53.3 | 3.8 | 25.4 | 4.0 | 9.8 | 6 892 | 7.2 | 5.4 | 47.9 | 13.8 | 4.5 | 8.3 | 12.9 | 2 426 | |
| Czech Republic (CZ) | 1994–2004 | 5.0 | 0.6 | 63.8 | 1.0 | 12.4 | 6.5 | 10.8 | 14 154 | 18.2 | 1.3 | 44.8 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 15.7 | 12.5 | 4 016 | |
| Denmark (DK) | 1994–2001 | 13.7 | 0.7 | 40.7 | 4.8 | 14.5 | 5.1 | 20.5 | 4 645 | 36.9 | 0.7 | 29.6 | 13.2 | 0.8 | 7.9 | 10.7 | 1961 | |
| Estonia (EST) | 1997–2005 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 79.7 | 0.5 | 9.1 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 2 874 | 9.1 | 1.9 | 70.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 10.7 | 4.3 | 689 | |
| Finland (FIN) | 1996–2004 | 17.6 | 0.2 | 33.1 | 3.5 | 26.7 | 4.2 | 14.6 | 8 168 | 49.5 | 0.2 | 20.3 | 10.6 | 2.6 | 6.6 | 10.2 | 2 425 | |
| France (F) | 2000–2003 | 8.6 | 1.0 | 48.9 | 3.9 | 22.1 | 4.9 | 10.6 | 31 378 | 26.3 | 2.0 | 29.2 | 12.4 | 4.1 | 12.4 | 13.5 | 11 387 | |
| Georgia (GE) | 1998–2001 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 53.2 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 33.2 | 440 | 4.7 | 3.9 | 50.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 4.7 | 34.4 | 128 | |
| Germany (D) | 1998–2004 | 8.0 | 1.3 | 55.5 | 2.1 | 10.3 | 7.4 | 15.5 | 57 202 | 22.0 | 2.0 | 38.9 | 7.2 | 1.4 | 14.1 | 14.4 | 20 870 | |
| Hungary (H) | 1996–2003 | 7.0 | 4.6 | 70.3 | 1.4 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 7.8 | 19 030 | 28.1 | 7.0 | 43.4 | 4.5 | 0.6 | 9.9 | 6.5 | 6 089 | |
| Iceland (IS) | 1997–2004 | 9.3 | 0.0 | 39.0 | 5.5 | 19.5 | 5.1 | 21.6 | 236 | 31.8 | 1.5 | 27.3 | 18.2 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 16.7 | 66 | |
| Latvia (LV) | 1996–2004 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 85.1 | 0.6 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 5 367 | 6.2 | 4.1 | 72.6 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 7.8 | 4.5 | 1 359 | |
| Lithuania (LT) | 1998–2004 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 91.7 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 8 778 | 6.3 | 1.6 | 83.1 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 1 881 | |
| Luxembourg (L) | 1998–2004 | 8.1 | 1.1 | 38.2 | 2.8 | 14.6 | 18.5 | 16.6 | 356 | 29.6 | 1.6 | 15.2 | 7.2 | 3.2 | 28.8 | 14.4 | 125 | |
| Malta (M) | 1995–2004 | 6.8 | 1.4 | 41.8 | 4.1 | 15.8 | 21.9 | 8.2 | 146 | 13.7 | 2.0 | 15.7 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 56.9 | 3.9 | 51 | |
| Moldova (MD) | 1996–2004 | 0.9 | 7.0 | 80.3 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 4.8 | 4 596 | 5.0 | 18.0 | 55.7 | 9.1 | 0.5 | 5.4 | 6.2 | 933 | |
| Netherlands (NL) | 1996–2004 | 11.7 | 1.4 | 47.9 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 7.8 | 20.2 | 9 211 | 24.0 | 1.8 | 33.6 | 11.0 | 0.6 | 10.7 | 18.3 | 4 526 | |
| Norway (N) | 1996–2004 | 11.1 | 0.2 | 37.9 | 4.6 | 27.1 | 4.7 | 14.3 | 3 519 | 33.3 | 0.5 | 32.3 | 13.5 | 2.0 | 7.1 | 11.3 | 1 272 | |
| Poland (PL) | 1999–2004 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 91.2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 3.1 | 29 808 | 7.9 | 0.8 | 77.6 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 5 495 | |
| Portugal (P) | 2002–2003 | 2.4 | 14.0 | 52.2 | 4.3 | 11.1 | 6.0 | 10.0 | 1 835 | 9.2 | 23.5 | 31.2 | 11.6 | 3.2 | 10.3 | 10.9 | 532 | |
| Romania (RO) | 1999–2004 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 87.3 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 14 039 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 74.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 5.2 | 2 934 | |
| Serbia (SRB) | 1997–2002 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 57.6 | 3.3 | 20.1 | 2.3 | 12.2 | 6 939 | 4.2 | 9.8 | 57.2 | 7.9 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 11.7 | 3 003 | |
| Slovakia (SK) | 1994–2002 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 70.0 | 0.8 | 12.3 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 5 248 | 17.0 | 2.8 | 50.2 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 17.2 | 7.0 | 983 | |
| Slovenia (SLO) | 1997–2004 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 64.7 | 2.5 | 11.8 | 3.6 | 13.1 | 3 538 | 8.6 | 3.1 | 53.1 | 12.2 | 1.2 | 9.0 | 12.8 | 1 040 | |
| Spain (E) | 1999–2004 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 52.7 | 3.9 | 7.1 | 18.4 | 11.8 | 15 269 | 8.3 | 5.4 | 29.4 | 7.6 | 0.9 | 36.9 | 11.5 | 4 887 | |
| Sweden (S) | 1997–2002 | 16.0 | 0.3 | 39.4 | 5.3 | 17.1 | 4.4 | 17.6 | 5 094 | 42.9 | 0.1 | 25.12 | 12.4 | 0.9 | 7.2 | 11.3 | 2 060 | |
| Switzerland (CH) | 2000–2004 | 13.3 | 0.6 | 27.3 | 3.0 | 33.5 | 9.2 | 13.2 | 4 635 | 37.8 | 0.7 | 19.1 | 10.1 | 3.4 | 14.7 | 13.9 | 2 111 | |
| United Kingdom (GB) | 2001–2004 | 14.7 | 0.4 | 55.2 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 20.8 | 12 573 | 41.1 | 0.3 | 35.9 | 4.7 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 13.9 | 3 832 | |
ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision. a Source of country abbreviations except HK and PR: http://www.unece.org/trans/conventn/Distsigns.pdf