SuicideEpidemiology2Factors affecting risk3Riskassessment
1 2 3 Suicide Epidemiology Factors affecting risk Risk assessment
Suicide :epidemiologyUKAmericaannualglobalagerepresentingaChinastandardizedsuiciderateof11.4per1o00oopopulation(15.0formalesand8.0forfemales)However,since suicideis a sensitiveissue,andevenillegalinsomecountriesitis very likelythatit isunder-reported.Incountrieswithgoodvitalregistrationdata,suicidemay oftenbemisclassifiedasanaccidentoranothercauseofdeath.Wordwide,suicideaccountsfor300,0IntheUKsuicideaccountsfor550000-450000deathsperyear.Manycoudeathsperyear.1%oftotalmortalityntrieshavereportedanincreaseinsuicidesincethe1960sAnestimated804.000suicidedeaths0ccurredworldwidein2012
Wordwide,suicide accounts for 300,0 00-450000 deaths per year.Many cou ntries have reported an increase in su icide since the 1960s. An estimated 804,000 suicide deaths oc curred worldwide in2012 UK China America Suicide : epidemiology In the UK suicide accounts for 5500 deaths per year ,1% of total mortality. ➢ representing an annual global agestandardized suicide rate of 11.4 per 100 000 population (15.0 for males and 8.0 for females). ➢ However, since suicide is a sensitive issue, and even illegal in some countries, it is very likely that it is under-reported. In countries with good vital registration data, suicide may often be misclassified as an accident or another cause of death
2014 WHO-Preventing suicide> In richer countries, three times as many men die of suicidethan women do,butin low-and middle-income countriesthemale-to-femaleratio ismuchlowerat 1.5 mento eachwoman.Globallysuicidesaccountfor5o%ofallviolentdeathsinmenand71%inwomen.>Withregardtoage,suicideratesarehighestinpersonsaged 7o years or overforboth men and women in almostall regions of the world.In some countries,suicide rates arehighest among theyoung, and globally suicide is the second leading cause ofdeathin15-29-year-olds.The ingestion of pesticide,hanging and firearms are amongthe most common methods of suicide globally, but manyothermethodsareusedwiththechoiceofmethodoftenvaryingaccordingtopopulationgroup
2014 WHO– Preventing suicide ➢ In richer countries, three times as many men die of suicide than women do, but in low- and middle-income countries themale-to-female ratio is much lower at 1.5 men to each woman. ➢ Globally suicides account for 50% of all violent deaths in men and 71% in women. ➢ With regard to age,suicide rates are highest in persons aged 70 years or over for both men and women in almost all regions of the world. ➢ In some countries, suicide rates are highest among the young, and globally suicide is the second leading cause of death in 15−29-year-olds. ➢ The ingestion of pesticide, hanging and firearms are among the most common methods of suicide globally, but many other methods are used with the choice of method often varying according to population group
SuicideIn2011,suicideclaimednearly40.000livesintheUnitedStates; worldwide, the number approached1million.* In ourmodel, suicideis triggeredbya lifeeventor apsychiatric episode in an individual witha predisposing diathesis* mental and physicalillnessesandlossesleadstoneurobiological changes in the organism
❖ In 2011, suicide claimed nearly 40,000 lives in the United Stat es; worldwide, the number app roached 1 million. ❖ In our model, suicide is trigger ed by a life event or a psychiatr ic episode in an individual with a predisposing diathesis. ❖ mental and physical illnesses, and losses leads to neurobiolo gical changes in the organism. Suicide
ThesuicidemapoftheworldWHQMap1.Age-standardizedsuiciderates(per100000population),bothsexes,2012Suiciderate(per10o0oopopulation)<5.05.0-9.910.0-14.9Datanotavailatbi≥15.0NotapplicableMWHO
The suicide map of the world ,WHO