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Reducing Suicide: A National Imperative
TABLE 2-1 National Suicide Rates per 100,000 for Selected Countries. Most Recent Data from the World Health Organization (WHO, 2001a)
United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland
7.4
11.7
3.3
1998
United States
10.7
17.6
4.1
1999
aThe more recent total suicide rate for 1996 was 21.6, but rates by sex were not available.
Overall, suicide rates are lower in other Asian nations compared to China, including Singapore (11.7 per 100,000), Japan (18.8 per 100,000), and Thailand, which reports a very low rate of 4.0 per 100,000 (Table 2-1, WHO, 2001a). The suicide rate for China has decreased dramatically in recent years, dropping from 23 per 100,000 in 1999 to 17 per 100,000 in 2000 (WHO, 2001b).
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