Mental health
Age-standardized suicide rates: There were an estimated 804 000 suicide deaths worldwide in 2012.
This indicates an annual global age-standardized suicide rate of 11.4 per
100 000 population (15.0 for males and 8.0 for females). The major differences between high-income countries and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are that young adults and elderly women in LMICs have much higher suicide rates than their counterparts in high-income countries, while middle-aged men in high-income countries have much higher suicide rates than middle-aged men in LMICs.
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Suicide
>800 000persons approximately die from suicide globally each year (one death every 40 seconds)
Suicide preventionFinancing
2.8%was the median amount of the health budget allocated to mental health in 2011
Mental Health Atlas 2011Human resources
60 countrieshad less than 1 psychiatrist
per 100 000 population in 2014
