Table 28.2
Gender-specific suicide rates in the former USSR republics per 100,000
CountryYearMalesFemalesRatio M/F

Slavonic and prevailingly Eastern Orthodox countries

Belarus

2003

63.3

10.3

6.1

Russia

2002

69.3

11.9

5.8

Ukraine

2002

46.7

8.4

5.6

Moldova

2003

30.6

4.8

6.4

Baltic countries

Estonia

2002

47.7

9.8

4.9

Latvia

2003

45.0

9.7

4.6

Lithuania

2003

74.3

13.9

5.3

Caucasus region countries

Armenia

2003

3.2

0.5

6.4

Azerbaijan

2002

1.8

0.5

3.6

Georgia

2001

3.4

1.1

3.1

Central Asia (prevailingly Muslim) countries

Kazakhstan

2002

50.2

8.8

5.7

Kyrgyzstan

2003

16.1

3.2

5.0

Tajikistan

2001

2.9

2.3

1.3

Turkmenistan

1998

13.8

3.5

3.9

Uzbekistan

2002

9.3

3.1

3.0

CountryYearMalesFemalesRatio M/F

Slavonic and prevailingly Eastern Orthodox countries

Belarus

2003

63.3

10.3

6.1

Russia

2002

69.3

11.9

5.8

Ukraine

2002

46.7

8.4

5.6

Moldova

2003

30.6

4.8

6.4

Baltic countries

Estonia

2002

47.7

9.8

4.9

Latvia

2003

45.0

9.7

4.6

Lithuania

2003

74.3

13.9

5.3

Caucasus region countries

Armenia

2003

3.2

0.5

6.4

Azerbaijan

2002

1.8

0.5

3.6

Georgia

2001

3.4

1.1

3.1

Central Asia (prevailingly Muslim) countries

Kazakhstan

2002

50.2

8.8

5.7

Kyrgyzstan

2003

16.1

3.2

5.0

Tajikistan

2001

2.9

2.3

1.3

Turkmenistan

1998

13.8

3.5

3.9

Uzbekistan

2002

9.3

3.1

3.0

Source: WHO mortality database (2007).

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