An analysis of age-standardized suicide rates in Muslim-majority countries in 2000-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study examines the 20-year trend of suicide in 46 Muslim-majority countries throughout the world and compares their suicide rates and trends with the global average. Ecological-level associations between the proportion of the Muslim population, the age-standardized suicide rates, male-to-female suicide rate ratio, and the Human Development Index (HDI) in 2019 were examined.

Methods

Age-standardized suicide rates were extracted from the WHO Global Health Estimates database for the period between 2000 and 2019. The rates in each country were compared with the age-standardized global average during the past 20 years. The countries were further grouped according to their regions/sub-regions to calculate the regional and sub-regional weighted age-standardized suic

SUBMITTER: Lew B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9066769 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature