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. |