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In much of the world, suicide is stigmatized and condemned for religious or cultural reasons. In some countries, suicidal behavior is a criminal offense punishable by law. Suicide is, therefore, often a secretive act surrounded by taboo and may be unrecognized, misclassified, or deliberately hidden in official records of death.
Deliberate self-harm is common in the developing world. Research into self-harm in the developing world is however still very limited although an important case study is that of Sri Lanka, which is a country exhibiting a high incidence of suicide [142] and self-poisoning with agricultural pesticides or natural poisons. [141]
Suicide is a worldwide issue which is disproportionally affecting developed countries, with 23% of the total suicide rate despite having only 17% of global population. [ 1 ] There are many competing factors that come into play when determining the epidemiology of suicide such as biological sex, race and sexual orientation, religion, social ...
Nearly 1 in 5 young people worldwide intentionally injure themselves every year. xijian/E! via Getty ImagesEmotions are tricky things. They allow for humans to fall in love, wage war and, as it ...
In 2021, emergency department visits for suicide attempts among teen girls increased by 51%, as opposed to 4% for boys, compared to the same time period pre-pandemic in 2019, according to a CDC study.
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In states with stricter gun laws, gun suicide rates decreased over these past two decades. In these states with these stronger gun laws the rates of gun suicide among ages 10–24 was lower in 2022 than in 1999. Some Aboriginal teens and gay or lesbian teens are at high risk, depending on their community and their own self-esteem.
[229] [232] [233] However, separating intentional suicide attempts from non-suicidal self-harm is not currently done in places like the United States when gathering statistics at the national level. [234] China has one of the highest female suicide rates in the world and is the only country where it is higher than that of men (ratio of 0.9).