Brazil vs United States

Brazil vs United States: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 6.1 per 100,000 people in Brazil and 12.8 per 100,000 people in United States, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in United States, by 6.8 per 100,000 people, or 2.11 times that in Brazil.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Brazil vs United States: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 6.1 per 100,000 people in Brazil and 12.8 per 100,000 people in United States, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in United States, by 6.8 per 100,000 people, or 2.11 times that in Brazil.
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What the numbers say

  • United States has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
  • The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.

Every year

deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

YearBrazilUnited StatesWorld
20176.112.810
20166.112.810.1
2015612.510.2
2014612.210.3
201361210.5
20126.11210.7
201161211
2010611.811.2
2009611.811.4
2008611.811.6
2007611.711.7
20066.111.612
20056.211.512.5
20046.211.312.6
20036.311.412.8
20026.311.313
20016.311.113.4
20006.310.914.1
19996.410.914.5
19986.511.114.7
19976.611.415.1
19966.711.715.4
19956.81215.9
19946.912.116.1
1993712.116
19926.911.915.8
1991712.115.5
19907.212.115.4

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Good to know

  • Deaths by suicide in a year, per 100,000 people.
  • Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease, via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2017, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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