Research Guides: PSY 150: Suicide Rates in the U.S. and Beyond: Start Here

What is in this guide?

This research guide provides resources that will help you complete the Global Suicide Rates assignment in Addison's PSY courses. If you need help, or have any questions about using the resources presented in this guide, ask a librarian.

Getting Started

Background Information

Suicide Overview
Database: Credo Reference
Article from the Gale Encyclopedia of Public Health (2013).
Suicide Topic Page
Database: Opposing Viewpoints in Context

Data & Statistics

Statista
Provides statistical data on many topics, including suicide. In the search box, type: suicide rates

Leading 20 Countries Based on Suicide Mortality Rate in 2016
Access the full graphic via the Statista database. The information in the graph comes from the World Health Organization (WHO) publication titled, World Health Statistics 2018.

World Health Statistics 2018 [WHO]
Page 32 of this PDF document includes suicide rates for additional countries.

Look for page 32 of the World Health Statistics 2018 report from the World Health Organization (WHO).

More Data Sources

United States

United States Suicide Data
Collection of data provided by the CDC.
NOTE: This link may take a few seconds to load.
Suicide Statistics
Statistics from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
CDC Vital Signs: Suicide
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) site provides statistics and links to other resources related to suicide.
Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Includes lots of educational materials, data, and statistics.

Global

WHO Suicide Prevention
World Health Organization (WHO) site that includes various resources related to suicide.
WHO Country Profiles: Suicide Data Reported by Member States
The link to each country opens a PDF document that includes suicide data.
GHDx: Global Health Data Exchange
Large database of vital statistics and other health-related data from the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation.
IASP: International Association for Suicide Prevention
See the Publications and Resources sections.

Off-Campus Access

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