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The following are lists of countries by estimated suicide rates as published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other sources. [note 1] In many countries, suicide rates are underreported due to social stigma, cultural or legal concerns. [3] Thus, these figures cannot be used to compare real suicide rates, which are unknown in most ...
The epidemiology of depression has been studied across the world. Depression is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, as the epidemiology has shown. [ 1 ] Lifetime prevalence estimates vary widely, from 3% in Japan to 17% in India.
The World Health Organization has published worldwide incidence and prevalence estimates of individual disorders. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is two to three times as common in Latin America, Africa, and Europe as in Asia and Oceania. [7] Schizophrenia appears to be most common in Japan, Oceania, and Southeastern Europe and least common in ...
Using data from the CDC, Northwell Health partnered with Stacker to look at which groups of people are the most likely to feel depressed. Depression rates have fallen since the pandemic—but some ...
Mental healthcare in India is a right secured to every person in the country by law. [1] Indian mental health legislation, as per a 2017 study, meets 68% (119/175) of the World Health Organization (WHO) standards laid down in the WHO Checklist of Mental Health Legislation. [2]
It is hoped that all these various ministries and stakeholders will come together to implement the plan successfully at the national, state, and local levels. The strategy draws on the World Health Organization's (WHO) model of a multisectoral approach to suicide prevention with the goal of reducing suicide mortality by 10 % in India by 2030".
The World Mental Health Survey Initiative is a collaborative project by World Health Organization, Harvard University, University of Michigan, and country-based researchers worldwide to coordinate the analysis and implementation of epidemiological surveys of mental and behavioral disorders and substance abuse in all WHO Regions. [1] [2]
World Health Organization: 2014 Global Hunger Index: 94/107: International Food Policy Research Institute: Oct 2020 report Suicide rate: 19 / 176: World Health Organization: Health Expenditure per capita (PPP) 141 / 190: World Health Organization: 2014 – $267 (inflation-adjusted 2011 dollars) Human Capital Index: 115 / 152: World Bank: 2018 ...