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Suicide Mortality Rate (SDG 3.4.2)
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5.1.4 Suicide mortality rate (SDG 3.4.2)
Metadata
| Relevance/rationale of the indicator (resp. why the indicator was chosen to measure the target and how it is suitable for these purposes) | Mental disorders occur in all regions and cultures of the world. The most prevalent of these disorders are depression and anxiety, which are estimated to affect nearly 1 in 10 people. At its worst, depression can lead to suicide. In 2019, there were over 700,000 estimated suicide deaths worldwide. |
| Target value of the indicator and its evaluation | |
| Definition | Number of deaths from suicide per 100,000 population. The ICD-10 codes corresponding to the indicator include X60-X84, Y87.0. |
| Measuring unit | Deaths per 100,000 population, number in units |
| Indicator disaggregation | By sex |
| Reference period (resp. the period to which the indicator relates) | Year |
| Related geographical area | CZ (NUTS 0) |
| Comment | The suicide rate in the Czech Republic has no longer a clear downward trend. Between 2005 and 2019 the suicide rate decreased slightly, but in the last two years the data show stagnation. In 2021, there were 11.6 suicides per 100,000 population, in absolute terms currently we are talking about 1,200 people a year who decide intentionally to end their lives. In addition to the events that were clearly evaluated as completed suicides, we also register events of undetected or undetermined intent, in which some deaths as a result of suicide are very likely partly included. The number of deaths of undetected or undetermined intent has been on an increasing trend in the last few years (208 in 2016, 579 in 2021). The lowest number of deaths from suicide was recorded in 2019 so far, when stood at 1,191 (year-on-year decrease by 12%). In the last seven years, the number of suicides stood below 1,400. Suicide is higher in men than women and was at least twice higher in the whole second half of the 20th century. In the second half of the 1990s, the predominance of men rose to 3 suicides of man to 1 suicide of woman, and since 2004 the ratio of the number of suicides of men to the number of suicides of women has been around four or five. In 2021, there were 3.8 suicides of men per one suicide of a woman, when 966 men and 255 women died from suicide. |
| Update periodicity | Annually |
| Time coverage since | 2005 |
| Time coverage until | 2021 |
| Time series available at the data provider since | 1994 (period of ICD-10 being valid in the Czech Republic) |
| Data publication date (resp. the date when the data provider publishes (regularly) data; it is given in the format T + the number of days, months or years when T is the end of the reference period) | August |
| Contact point - data provider - e-mail | terezie.styglerova@czso.cz |
| Contact point - data provider - name | Terezie Štyglerová |
| Data source | Czech Statistical Office |
| Data origin | Causes of deaths statistics, births statistics |
| Links to detailed metadata or methodology | https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-03-04-02.pdf |
| Links to international comparison | EU countries (Eurostat), WHO Note: data for the Czech Republic published by the international organizations differ slightly from the CZSO data due to data correction (WHO estimates/models the number of deaths) or the range of persons included (Eurostat) |