| HIC | high income countries |
| LMIC | low and middle income countries |
| Suicide rate | per 100,000 persons, where the weights are the proportions of persons in the corresponding age groups of the WHO standard population |
| Crude suicide rate | number of suicide deaths in a year (and a rate: geographic area), divided by the population (in this area) and multiplied by 100,000 |
| Age-standardized suicide rate | a weighted average of the age-specific suicide rates |