Table 2. Suicide rates per 100,000 person-years in general samples, grouped by population type (and then by data source and by host country).
| Author, Pub. Year | Population Type | Host Country | Data Source | Study Dates | Suicides, n out of N | Suicide Rate, per 100,000 person-years* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Income level) | ||||||
| Saunders 2017 [72] | Refugees granted asylum | Canada | Vital events registration | 1996–2012 | n = 27 | 4.2 |
| (HIC) | (NR) | |||||
| Saunders 2019 [73] | Refugees granted asylum | Canada | Vital events registration | 2003–2014 | 23 out of 58,082 | 6.1† |
| (HIC) | ||||||
| Norredam 2013 [62] | Refugees granted asylum | Denmark | Vital events registration | 1994–2007 | 29 out of 29,139 | 8‡ |
| (HIC) | ||||||
| Amin 2021 [20] | Refugees granted asylum | Sweden | Vital events registration | 2005–2013§ | 226 out of 196,941 | 13.2 |
| (HIC) | ||||||
| Hollander 2020 [42] | Refugees granted asylum | Sweden | Vital events registration | 1991–2015 | 51 out of 38,123 | 10‡ |
| (HIC) | ||||||
| Westman 2006a¶ [89] | Refugees granted asylum | Sweden | Vital events registration | 1994–1999 | 35 out of 21,534 | 25.5# |
| (HIC) | ||||||
| Westman 2006b¶ [89] | Refugees granted asylum | Sweden | Vital events registration | 1994–1999 | 59 out of 54,643 | 20.2# |
| (HIC) | ||||||
| Westman 2006c¶ [89] | Refugees granted asylum | Sweden | Vital events registration | 1994–1999 | 43 out of 34,484 | 21.4# |
| (HIC) | ||||||
| Westman 2006d¶ [89] | Refugees granted asylum | Sweden | Vital events registration | 1994–1999 | 27 out of 21,801 | 20.2# |
| (HIC) | ||||||
| Westman 2006e¶ [89] | Refugees granted asylum | Sweden | Vital events registration | 1994–1999 | 10 out of 34,940 | 4.1# |
| (HIC) | ||||||
| Westman 2006f¶ [89] | Refugees granted asylum | Sweden | Vital events registration | 1994–1999 | 21 out of 35,541 | 9.4# |
| (HIC) | ||||||
| Fellmeth 2016 [33] | Refugees in camps | Thailand | Retrospective cohort | unclear** | 4 out of 24,323 | 16 |
| (UMIC) | ||||||
| Goosen 2011a [37] | Asylum seekers | Netherlands | Vital events registration | 2002–2007 | n = 32 (NR) | 25.6 |
| (Males) | (HIC) | |||||
| Goosen 2011b [37] | Asylum seekers | Netherlands | Vital events registration | 2002–2007 | n = 3 (NR) | 4.0 |
| (Females) | (HIC) | |||||
| Staehr 2006 [79] | Asylum seekers | Denmark | Specific monitoring | 2003 | 1 out of 4164 | 24.0†† |
| (HIC) | ||||||
| Mittendorfer-Rutz 2020 [57] | Asylum seekers | Sweden | Cross-sectional | 2017 | 12 out of 23,425 | 51.2 |
| (HIC) | ||||||
| Kim 2007 [49] | Internally displaced | Sudan | Cross-sectional | 2005 | 21 out of 7194‡‡ | 290 |
| (LIC) |
*Crude suicide rate, as the number per 100,000 persons per year, was reported unless otherwise marked.
†Saunders 2019 study: 95% CI 3.9, 9.2.
‡Rate estimated from estimated follow-up time (i.e., 12 years median in Norredam 2013, and 13 years in Hollander 2020 studies).
§The 9-year cohort was extracted for the Amin 2021 study.
¶Westman 2006 study’s adjusted results were disaggregated, for gender and birth region, as follows: (a) Eastern European males, (b) Middle Eastern males, (c) Other non-European males, (d) Eastern European females, (e) Middle Eastern females, (f) Other non-European females.
#Age-adjusted rate.
**Unclear whether it was 1998–2005 or 1998–2015.
††Staehr 2006 study data were extracted for the most recent year reported (i.e., 2003).
‡‡Denominator estimated using average reported study household size.
Abbreviations: HIC = high income country; LIC = low income country; NR = not reported; pub = publication; UMIC = upper middle income country.