Table 1.

Mean population, Human Development Index (HDI), suicide mortality rate and annual percentage change (APC) across the provinces in Iran, 2006–2010 (ranked by suicide mortality rate)

	Population	HDI	Suicide mortality rate per 100 000 population	APC (%)*
Ilam	555 929	0.729	19.53	10.11
Kermanshah	1 892 100	0.748	13.74	0.46
Lorestan	1 736 946	0.761	10.64	1.18
Hamedan	1 700 960	0.740	9.59	−1.52
Gilan	2 428 553	0.769	6.52	9.98
Ardebil	1 235 234	0.735	6.22	−2.32
East Azerbaijan	3 646 459	0.763	5.58	1.31
Zanjan	973 739	0.752	5.53	12.14
Kohgyluyeh and Boyerahmad	651 577	0.718	5.25	−4.20
Khuzestan	4 372 242	0.762	5.11	−7.13
West Azerbaijan	2 944 224	0.713	4.72	−2.74
Kordestan	1 453 503	0.713	4.69	5.25
Golestan	1 651 708	0.737	4.49	5.67
Overall (Iran)	72 599 045	0.758	4.46	3.05
Qazvin	1 177 582	0.783	4.25	−1.13
North Khorasan	824 979	0.759	4.24	10.64
Fars	4 431 684	0.783	4.16	1.56
Chaharmahal Bakhtiari	875 207	0.749	4.00	−7.72
Qom	1 087 011	0.773	3.75	7.89
Mazandaran	2 979 189	0.745	3.66	−5.71
Isfahan	4 680 831	0.810	3.64	4.62
Kerman	2 799 417	0.750	3.10	−5.03
Bushehr	914 710	0.786	3.02	15.55
South Khorasan	656 469	0.723	3.02	−2.28
Tehran	14 106 297	0.843	2.92	17.98
Yazd	1 028 152	0.809	2.68	−4.48
Razavi Khorasan	5 765 706	0.777	2.66	−2.64
Semnan	606 982	0.814	2.60	4.27
Markazi	1 371 514	0.785	2.38	−10.73
Sistan and Baluchestan	2 569 107	0.643	2.23	6.11
Hormozgan	1 481 031	0.766	2.21	−5.59

*Italic figures show statistically significant results (p<0.05).