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Table 2 Comparison of global burden of disease estimates with published data identified by our systematic search of the literature

From: Suicidal behaviour across the African continent: a review of the literature

Country

Global burden of disease estimate:

Published data estimate:

Mean annual suicide rates per 100,000 population (2010)

Mean annual suicide rates per 100,000 population

Algeria

1.4

 

Angola

5.0

 

Benin

2.1

 

Botswana

3.3

 

Burkina Faso

1.7

 

Burundi

10.8

 

Cameroon

3.0

3.2a

Cape Verde

4.3

 

Central African Republic

9.9

 

Chad

1.7

 

Comoros

8.1

 

Congo

7.0

 

Côte d’Ivoire

3.2

 

Democratic Republic of the Congo

4.6

 

Djibouti

8.3

 

Egypt

2.0

0.7b

Equatorial Guinea

6.4

 

Eritrea

8.3

 

Ethiopia

7.5

7.8c

Gabon

9.8

 

Ghana

1.5

0.4d

Guinea

1.7

 

Guinea-Bissau

2.1

 

Kenya

7.0

3.3

Lesotho

7.0

 

Liberia

2.0

 

Libya

2.8

 

Madagascar

6.3

 

Malawi

11.4

2.6

Maldivese

6.9

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Mali

1.6

 

Mauritania

1.8

 

Mauritius

7.1

6.8

Morocco

3.4

 

Mozambique

12.1

4.7

Namibia

5.0

2.3

Niger

1.3

 

Nigeria

1.9

0.4

Rwanda

6.3

 

São Tomé and Príncipe

1.6

 

Senegal

2.2

3.7

Seychelles

11.8

4.6

Sierra Leone

2.0

 

Somalia

6.7

 

South Africa

3.6

17.2

Sudan

7.6

 

Swaziland

8.6

 

Tanzania

9.3

2.3

The Gambia

1.8

 

Togo

2.3

 

Tunisia

2.3

 

Uganda

6.9

1.0

Zambia

8.8

 

Zimbabwe

26.8

7.9

Estimated total suicide deaths

49,558

34,203

  1. aaverage rate, range of annual rates 0.9-6.5 per 100,000; baverage rate, range of annual rates 0.6-0.8 per 100 000; caverage rate, range of annual rates 3.3-11.7 per 100,000; daverage rate, range 0.2-0.4 per 100,000 ePublications from the Maldives were not included in our literature search.
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