Authors and publications years

Year of data collection

Settings

Place of the study

Age and sexes

N sample size

Outcome measures instruments

Prevalence of suicide

Alam et al. 2014

2004-2010

Rural

Abhoynagar and Mirsarai

All ages and sexes

Abhoynagar = 1384; Mirsarai = 1847

Verbal autopsy.

Intentional self-killing (suicide) rate of all ages and sexes in Abhoynagar was 3.5% and in Mirsarai was 1.5%; suicide rate for women in Abhoynagar was 5.1% and in Mirsarai was 2.5%.

Ahmed et al. 2004

1982-98

Rural

Matlab

Women at reproductive age (15 - 44 years)

All deaths from violence (117 cases) and other causes (1181 cases) in 1982-1998 were included as cases. Roughly the same number of surviving women of reproductive age in 1982-1998 were included as controls (1235)

Data analysed from registration forms of the population-based demographic surveillance system

The suicide rate of women was considerably higher than men (13 vs 8 per 100,000 person-years). Ill-treatment by husband and/or in-law(s) (41.7%) was the main reason of suicide among married women.

Fauveau and Blanchet, 1989

1976-1986

Rural

Matlab sub-district

15-44 years women

1139 female deaths at age 15 - 44 years during 1976-1986 in Matlab.

Verbal autopsy

Of total 1139 deaths 207 deaths were from intentional and unintentional injuries. 4.9% were due to suicide (3.4% by poisoning and 1.5% by hanging).

Hadi 2005

1990-99

Rural

70 villages from 10 districts

All ages and sexes

Nearly 62,000

A standard verbal autopsy procedure was used to identify the causes of death.

Of total 175 deaths 6.6% were due to suicide. Among male 4.2 and among female 8.9 per 100,000 population committed suicide.

Labrique et al. 2013

2001-2007

Rural

North-West Bangladesh

Married women at reproductive age (15 - 49 years)

133,617

Verbal autopsy

63 deaths of total 1107 or 5.7% deaths were due to suicide.

Mashreky et al. 2011

January- December 2003

Urban and rural

National representative

All ages and sexes

Total sample size was 171,366 households from total population of 819,429 of which 88,380 from rural areas, 45,183 from district towns (urban areas) and 37,803 from Dhaka Metropolitan City.

Face-to-face interviews at a household level

One suicide case of total 18 burn case which constituted about 5% of the total number of burn deaths.

Mashreky et al. 2013

Urban and rural areas of 12 randomly selected districts of Bangladesh and Dhaka Metropolitan City.

National representative

All age-groups and sexes

Total sample size was 171,366 households from total population of 819,429 of which 88,380 from rural areas, 45,183 from district towns (urban areas) and 37,803 from Dhaka Metropolitan City. Bangladesh

Face-to-face interviews at a household level

Suicide rate was 7.3 (95% CI 5.6 - 9.5) per 100,000 per year. The highest rate was found in the age group of 60> years. 17-fold higher (95% CI 5.36 - 54.) in the rural than urban population. Adolescent suicide rate in rural areas was 20.1 (95% CI 12.6 - 31.7) per 100,000. The rate was 17.7 (95% CI 8.6 - 34.9) and 22.7 (95% CI 12 - 42) among males and females respectively.

Nahar et al. 2015

2001 and 2010

Urban and rural, countrywide

National representative

10 - 49 years old females

100,000 in 2001 and 174,000 in 2010

Verbal autopsy

Total reported deaths were 696 and 749 cases in 2001 and 2010 respectively. Suicide accounted for 23 cases per 100,000 in 2001 and 16 per 100,000 in 2010.