About 740,000 deaths from suicides are reported annually around the world and this is equivalent to a death every 43 seconds. This is found in an analysis of the Institute of Measurement and Evaluation of the Health of the Medical School of the University of Washington in Seattle, published in The Lancet Public Health.

The researchers analyzed data for the period 1990-2021. As they have found, in the last three decades, the global suicide mortality has decreased by almost 40%, from about 15 deaths per 100,000 in nine deaths per 100,000, indicating that interventions and prevention work. In women, the percentage decreased by more than 50%, while in men it was reduced by almost 34%. Overall, the rate of mortality by suicide were 12.8 per 100,000 population for men and 5.4 per 100,000 population for them women.

Per region, the East Asia recorded the greatest reduction by 66%, with China reporting the largest reduction in this area. Western Europe (by 40.8%) was reduced by Central Europe (39.8%). On the contrary, four areas reported increases in suicides for both sexes during the same period. Central Latin America showed the largest increase with 39%, with Mexico ranking at the top of the list with a 123% increase in women only.

However, it was detected diversification Local rates with mortality rate for both sexes being higher in Eastern Europe (19.2 deaths per 100,000 population). Eastern Europe recorded the highest mortality rate in men in 2021 (34.2 deaths per 100,000 population), despite a decrease of 21.9% compared to 1990.

To research It is also identified that although men had more than twice as many chances To die of suicide than women, women were 49% more likely to attempt it. According to researchers, every minute, four men and six women need hospitalizationdue to attempted suicide.

Worldwide, the Men had a superfluous chance of dying of suicide by use firearm From women: 10% of men’s suicides were carried out with weapons, while 3% of women’s suicides were with weapons. The US had the most weapon -related suicides in the world: nearly 22,000 or 55% of men’s suicides were carried out with weapons, while over 3,000 or almost 31% of women’s suicides were with weapons.

In relation to ages, it was found that in 1990, the Average death age for men were 43 years and for them Women almost 42 years. By 2021, the average age of death had increased to 47 for men and almost 47 for women. The highest middle age was about 58 years for men and 60 years for women, both in East Asia. On the contrary, the younger average age of suicide was recorded in Oceania, where it was 36 years for men and 34 years for women.