Gender Inequality and Suicide Gender Ratios in the World

It is well known that in most parts of the world, suicide rates in men are generally higher than in women (World Health Organization, 2017a). According to the global suicide report from the World Health Organization, the estimated overall male to female suicide rate ratio was 1.9 in 2012 (male:15.0 per 100,000; female: 8.0 per 100,000). In high-income countries however, the male to female ratio of age-standardized suicide rate was 3.5 (male:19.9 per 100,000; female: 5.7 per 100,000), whereas in low- and middle-income countries, the male-to-female ratio was 1.57 (male: 13.7 per 100,000, female: 8.7 per 100,000).
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Research paper Source Type: research