The mortality rate due to suicide describes the suicide mortality per 100,000 population in the observed calendar year. An age-standardized rate is calculated, which allows a comparison of populations with different age structures of the population.

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INDICATOR DESCRIPTION
The mortality rate due to suicide describes the suicide mortality per 100,000 population in the observed calendar year. An age-standardized rate is calculated, which allows a comparison of populations with different age structures of the population.

The standardized mortality rate due to suicide is the ratio between the number of deaths due to suicide in the observed calendar year and the number of inhabitants in the middle of the same year, multiplied by 100,000. The disease categories according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) included in the calculation are X60-X84 and Y87.0.

The mortality rate due to suicide = number of deaths due to suicide/number of inhabitants*100,000

UNIT
Rate per 100,000 population

DATA SOURCE
National institute of Public Health (NIJZ)
Publishing frequency: annually
Indicative date of publication: October
Link to more data: NIJZ data portal, Health in the Municipality 

The data enable the display of distributions by: gender

Link to methodological explanations: NIJZ methodological explanations (1), NIJZ methodological explanations (2)

LAST UPDATE OF THE METADATA
20 December 2023