Table 3.
Rate ratios and excess suicides in 2009 in 18 American countries relative to those expected based on trends over 2000-07
| Men | Women | Population aged ≥15 (2009)* | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate ratio (95% CI) | Excess suicide (95% CI) | P value | Rate ratio (95% CI) | Excess suicide (95% CI) | P value | |||||
| North American countries (n=2) | ||||||||||
| All countries | 1.089 (1.072 to 1.106) | 2603 (2142 to 3064) | <0.001 | 1.023 (1.006 to 1.041) | 195 (51 to 339) | 0.008 | 273 202 | |||
| Canada | 1.110 (1.089 to 1.132) | 294 (243 to 346) | <0.001 | 1.016 (0.987 to 1.047) | 14 (−12 to 40) | 0.29 | 28 078 | |||
| United States | 1.087 (1.068 to 1.106) | 2309 (1850 to 2767) | <0.001 | 1.024 (1.005 to 1.044) | 181 (39 to 323) | 0.012 | 245 124 | |||
| Caribbean and Central American countries (n=9) | ||||||||||
| All countries | 1.064 (1.052 to 1.076) | 390 (319 to 461) | <0.001 | 1.254 (1.219 to 1.290) | 326 (290 to 363) | <0.001 | 110 439 | |||
| Aruba | 0.578 (0.427 to 0.891) | −3 (−5 to 0) | 0.018 | —† | −2 (−3 to 0) | 0.005 | 86 | |||
| Belize | 1.770 (1.390 to 2.437) | 5 (3 to 6) | <0.001 | 4.316 (2.718 to 10.470) | 3 (3 to 4) | <0.001 | 196 | |||
| Costa Rica | 0.827 (0.781 to 0.879) | −49 (−66 to −32) | <0.001 | 0.703 (0.615 to 0.819) | −16 (−24 to −9) | <0.001 | 3423 | |||
| Cuba | 1.168 (1.138 to 1.200) | 164 (138 to 190) | <0.001 | 1.506 (1.445 to 1.572) | 112 (103 to 121) | <0.001 | 9268 | |||
| El Salvador | 1.085 (1.026 to 1.151) | 31 (10 to 51) | 0.004 | 1.141 (1.071 to 1.222) | 13 (7 to 19) | <0.001 | 4145 | |||
| Guatemala | 1.271 (1.195 to 1.356) | 76 (58 to 94) | <0.001 | 1.908 (1.698 to 2.178) | 64 (55 to 72) | <0.001 | 8163 | |||
| Mexico | 1.054 (1.039 to 1.070) | 203 (149 to 258) | <0.001 | 1.157 (1.111 to 1.207) | 120 (89 to 152) | <0.001 | 79 000 | |||
| Nicaragua | 0.960 (0.913 to 1.013) | −11 (−26 to 4) | 0.14 | 1.396 (1.269 to 1.552) | 24 (18 to 30) | <0.001 | 3709 | |||
| Panama | 0.852 (0.799 to 0.914) | −25 (−37 to −14) | <0.001 | 1.442 (1.256 to 1.693) | 8 (6 to 11) | <0.001 | 2449 | |||
| South American countries (n=7) | ||||||||||
| All countries | 1.013 (1.004 to 1.022) | 182 (59 to 306) | 0.004 | 0.942 (0.927 to 0.958) | −216 (−279 to −154) | <0.001 | 233 138 | |||
| Argentina | 0.977 (0.950 to 1.006) | −54 (−121 to 13) | <0.001 | 0.944 (0.905 to 0.987) | −33 (−59 to −7) | 0.011 | 29 988 | |||
| Brazil | 1.006 (0.995 to 1.017) | 43 (−37 to 124) | 0.29 | 0.928 (0.908 to 0.948) | −142 (−184 to −99) | <0.001 | 143 236 | |||
| Chile | 1.109 (1.083 to 1.137) | 168 (131 to 205) | <0.001 | 1.129 (1.073 to 1.191) | 47 (28 to 66) | <0.001 | 13 124 | |||
| Colombia | 1.102 (1.078 to 1.126) | 162 (127 to 196) | <0.001 | 1.037 (0.981 to 1.099) | 15 (−8 to 38) | 0.21 | 32 352 | |||
| Ecuador | 0.830 (0.794 to 0.870) | −142 (−180 to −104) | <0.001 | 0.709 (0.666 to 0.759) | −92 (−113 to −72) | <0.001 | 9880 | |||
| Paraguay | 1.041 (0.968 to 1.127) | 8 (−7 to 23) | 0.29 | 0.855 (0.760 to 0.977) | −11 (−21 to −2) | 0.023 | 4188 | |||
| Suriname | 0.972 (0.886 to 1.077) | −3 (−13 to 7) | 0.57 | 0.986 (0.827 to 1.223) | 0 (−6 to 5) | 0.89 | 370 | |||
*1000 population.
†Zero suicides.