Table 28.1
Age-adjusted suicide rates (SDR) in the post-Soviet countries, the republics of the former USSR in the years of transition (per 100,000 of population)
Country/republic1985198619871988198919901991199219931994

Slavonic (prevailingly Orthodox) countries (republics)

Belarus

24.2

18.9

19.9

19.1

22.6

21.3

22.0

24.5

29.0

31.7

Russia

32.0

23.8

23.9

25.1

26.5

27.1

27.0

31.5

38.6

42.4

Ukraine

22.5

18.5

19.5

18.9

21.1

20.6

20.6

22.4

23.9

26.6

Moldova

23.3

21.1

19.1

19.1

19.2

16.8

18.9

17.9

18.7

20.6

Baltic countries (republics)

Estonia

31.4

28.1

25.8

24.8

26.1

27.4

27.1

32.6

38.8

41.7

Latvia

29.2

24.9

23.1

22.6

25.5

25.8

28.3

35.1

42.6

40.7

Lithuania

35.6

26.5

30.3

27.6

28.2

27.2

32.1

36.5

44.3

48.1

Caucasus region countries (republics)

Armenia

3.0

2.4

3.2

2.2

2.8

3.3

2.5

2.8

3.6

4.2

Azerbaijan

5.0

4.8

5.2

4.5

4.5

2.2

2.3

2.6

2.0

0.9

Georgia

5.0

4.9

4.6

4.6

4.9

3.8

3.4

4.5

3.5

Central Asia (prevailingly Muslim) countries (republics)

Kazakhstan

28.0

20.9

20.5

21.2

24.0

22.9

21.5

23.1

27.5

28.4

Kyrgyzstan

17.1

12.8

16.0

16.0

16.8

17.8

17.0

15.2

18.4

18.5

Tajikistan

9.4

8.0

6.3

6.0

7.1

7.0

6.0

5.8

4.1

5.7

Turkmenistan

10.5

13.1

12.6

11.3

10.3

11.4

10.3

8.9

8.6

8.2

Uzbekistan

12.1

10.8

10.1

9.3

11.0

10.3

9.7

8.4

8.6

9.0

Country/republic1985198619871988198919901991199219931994

Slavonic (prevailingly Orthodox) countries (republics)

Belarus

24.2

18.9

19.9

19.1

22.6

21.3

22.0

24.5

29.0

31.7

Russia

32.0

23.8

23.9

25.1

26.5

27.1

27.0

31.5

38.6

42.4

Ukraine

22.5

18.5

19.5

18.9

21.1

20.6

20.6

22.4

23.9

26.6

Moldova

23.3

21.1

19.1

19.1

19.2

16.8

18.9

17.9

18.7

20.6

Baltic countries (republics)

Estonia

31.4

28.1

25.8

24.8

26.1

27.4

27.1

32.6

38.8

41.7

Latvia

29.2

24.9

23.1

22.6

25.5

25.8

28.3

35.1

42.6

40.7

Lithuania

35.6

26.5

30.3

27.6

28.2

27.2

32.1

36.5

44.3

48.1

Caucasus region countries (republics)

Armenia

3.0

2.4

3.2

2.2

2.8

3.3

2.5

2.8

3.6

4.2

Azerbaijan

5.0

4.8

5.2

4.5

4.5

2.2

2.3

2.6

2.0

0.9

Georgia

5.0

4.9

4.6

4.6

4.9

3.8

3.4

4.5

3.5

Central Asia (prevailingly Muslim) countries (republics)

Kazakhstan

28.0

20.9

20.5

21.2

24.0

22.9

21.5

23.1

27.5

28.4

Kyrgyzstan

17.1

12.8

16.0

16.0

16.8

17.8

17.0

15.2

18.4

18.5

Tajikistan

9.4

8.0

6.3

6.0

7.1

7.0

6.0

5.8

4.1

5.7

Turkmenistan

10.5

13.1

12.6

11.3

10.3

11.4

10.3

8.9

8.6

8.2

Uzbekistan

12.1

10.8

10.1

9.3

11.0

10.3

9.7

8.4

8.6

9.0

Source: WHO (2007).

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