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. 2022 Feb 24;8(2):e54. doi: 10.1192/bjo.2022.15

Table 1.

Total number of family-based recommendations in national suicide guidelines and crude suicide rates by country

Region Year of Publication Country Family-based recommendations, n WHO crude suicide rates per 100 000
Prevention Intervention Postvention Total
Asia 2018 Afghanistan22 3 1 1 5 4.1
2015 Bhutan72 7 0 1 8 4.6
2017 Japan63 3 0 4 7 15.3
2013 Malaysia68 0 5 2 7 5.7
2018 South Korea59 3 0 1 4 28.6
1997 Sri Lanka28 1 1 0 2 14
2010 Uzbekistan38 4 0 1 5 8
Europe 2011 Austria53 1 0 0 1 14.6
2015 Belarus47 1 1 0 2 21.2
2012 Belgium48 2 0 1 3 18.3
2013 Bulgaria31 1 0 0 1 9.7
2011 Croatia60 3 0 0 3 16.4
2006 Denmark26 0 3 1 4 10.7
2012 aEngland32 2 0 5 7 7.9
2020 Finland27 5 1 1 7 15.3
2011 France50 0 1 1 2 13.8
2015 Ireland87 3 0 2 5 9.6
2017 Italy (adult penitentiary)56 4 0 0 4 6.7
2017 Italy (youth penitentiary)67 4 0 0 4 6.7
2017 Lithuania39 2 0 0 2 26.1
2015 Luxembourg40 3 1 0 4 11.3
2007 Netherlands19 3 0 2 5 11.8
2019 aNorthern Ireland65 2 0 5 7 7.9
2020 Norway54 4 0 2 6 11.8
2013 Portugal73 5 0 1 6 11.5
2013 Scotland33 1 1 1 3
2006 Spain25 6 3 0 9 7.7
2008 Sweden41 2 0 0 2 14.7
2016 Switzerland43 2 0 1 3 14.5
Africa 2012 Namibia84 3 2 0 5 9.7
Oceania 2008 Australia88 5 0 1 6 12.5
2013 Australia (aboriginal)62 3 0 2 5 12.5
2019 New Zealand44 8 1 2 11 11
2016 Cook Islands52 4 0 0 4
2015 Fiji42 4 0 0 4 9
South America 2015 Argentina51 2 0 1 3 8.4
2017 Brazil 45 1 1 1 3 6.9
2013 Chile61 0 3 1 4 9
2015 Guyana14 2 0 2 4 40.3
2016 Suriname46 1 0 3 4 25.4
2011 Uruguay36 3 1 0 4 21.2
North America 2018 Canada20 5 0 0 5 11.8
2016 Canada (National Inuit Strategy)20 3 0 0 3 11.8
2017 Canada (armed forces)20 4 0 1 5 11.8
2013 Canada (Aboriginal youth)20 3 0 0 3 11.8
2010 Costa Rica58 3 0 0 3 8.1
2014 Dominican Republic55 4 0 0 4 4.9
2018 El Salvador66 6 0 0 6 6.1
2000 Nicaragua69 0 7 1 8 4.4
2006 Panama23 1 0 0 1 2.9
2012 USA48 4 2 4 10 16.1
2011 USA (American Indian) 21 1 0 0 1 16.1

WHO, World Health Organization.

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The crude suicide rates for Northern Ireland and England are under the same category in the WHO database.