Table 4.
Average age-standardized suicide rates during the past 3 years (2017–2019) of Malaysia and other ASEAN countries.
| Country | Age-standardized suicide rates (per 100,000 population)§ | Past 3-year average (2017–2019) | Average suicide rate ratio of Malaysia: other countries* | Average male:female ratio | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||
| Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | ||
| Malaysia | 8.6 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 8.7 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 9.0 | 2.4 | 5.8 | 8.8 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 3.7 | |||
| Singapore | 9.5 | 5.1 | 7.3 | 10.4 | 5.0 | 7.8 | 12.7 | 6.4 | 9.7 | 10.8 | 5.5 | 8.2 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 2.0 |
| Thailand | 12.8 | 2.4 | 7.5 | 13.6 | 2.4 | 7.9 | 13.9 | 2.3 | 8.0 | 13.4 | 2.4 | 7.8 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 5.6 |
| Vietnam | 11.1 | 4.2 | 7.5 | 10.8 | 4.2 | 7.4 | 10.6 | 4.2 | 7.2 | 10.8 | 4.2 | 7.4 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 2.6 |
| Laos | 8.9 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 8.9 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 8.6 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 8.8 | 3.5 | 6.1 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.5 |
| Cambodia | 8.6 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 8.6 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 8.4 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 8.5 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 2.8 |
| Myanmar | 5.3 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4.6 |
| Brunei | 5.4 | 1.0 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 2.9 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 5.3 |
| Indonesia | 4.0 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.4 |
| Philippines | 4.1 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.0 |
*
Calculated by dividing age-standardized suicide rate of other countries with the age-standardized suicide rate of Malaysia. Data sources:
§
WHO Global Health Estimates (2021). ASEAN, Association of South-East Asian Countries.