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

• Main Authors: Lew, Bob, Lester, David, Kolves, Kairi, Yip, Paul S. F., Chen, Ying-Yeh, Chen, Won Sun, Hasan, M. Tasdik, Koenig, Harold G., Wang, Zhi Zhong, Fariduddin, Muhamad Nur, Zeyrek-Rios, Emek Yuce, Chan, Caryn Mei Hsien, Mustapha, Feisul, Fitriana, Mimi, Dolo, Housseini, Gonultas, Burak M., Dadfar, Mahboubeh, Davoudi, Mojtaba, Abdel-Khalek, Ahmed M., Chan, Lai Fong, Siau, Ching Sin, Ibrahim, Norhayati
• Format: Article
• Published: BioMed Central 2022
• Subjects: BF Psychology; GE Environmental Sciences; H Social Sciences (General); RZ Other systems of medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/42823/

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, mal...