Author’s and publications years	Year of data collection	Settings	Place of the study	Age and sex	N sample size	Outcome measures instruments	Prevalence of suicide
Author’s and publications years	Year of data collection	Settings	Place of the study	Age and sex	N sample size	Outcome measures instruments	Prevalence of suicide
Chowdhury et al. 2011	January, 2003 - December, 2006	Hospital	Southern part of the country	10 years and above of both sexes	Total 1903 patients with acute poisoning	Hospital record review	Of total 1903 cases, 1308 (68.7%) were suicide.
Hussain et al. 2000	1996-97	Nation wide health care facilities	Nationally representative healthcare facilities	10 - 50 years old women	28,998	Medical records review	Of total 28,998 identified deaths 6610 were due to intentional or unintentional injuries. Half of these (3317) occurred due to suicide. The unadjusted rate of suicides were higher in the Khulna administrative division (27・0 per 100,000) than the other four administrative divisions of Bangladesh (range 3・5 - 11・3 per 100,000).
Hussain et a. 2007	October 1996 - March 1997	Hospital	Country-wide study covered 4751 facilities in the country, including all the 13 government medical college hospitals, five infectious disease hospitals, and 96 maternal and child welfare centres.	Deaths among women aged 10 - 50 years	28,998 total deaths	Medical records review	Of total 28,998 deaths 3116 occurred by suicide, accounting for 10.7% of all deaths. Among women at age 10 - 19 years, suicide accounted for 21.7% i.e. the highest among all age groups (20 - 29 years: 13.2%, 30 - 39 years: 6.3% and 40 - 49 years: 2.9%).
Islam and Islam, 2003	January 1988- December 1997	Tertiary-level hospital	Sir Salimullah Medical College Hospital, Dhaka	All ages and sexes	2534	Verbal Autopsy	18% deaths were due to suicide, mainly by poisoning, followed by hanging. Of total suicide related deaths (467), 45.8% occurred among females.
Khan et al. 2013	January 2012 ? April 2012	Tertiary-level hospital	Mymensingh Medical College Hospital	12 years and above, both sexes	Total poisoning cases	Structured questionnaire	Suicidal attempt was 81.6% of total poisoning cases. Organophosphorus was the mostly used compound (63.9%) as poison.
Quader et al. 2010	January 2007-December 2008	Tertiary-level hospital	Mymensingh Medical College Hospital	All ages and sexes	692 deaths by poisoning	Verbal autopsy	Of total 692 deaths from poisoning, 657 (94.9%) were suicide cases.