Guyana no longer suicide capital

Guyana is no longer the suicide capital of the world, having fallen to fourth place, according to crude statistics on the World Health Organization (WHO) website. Although the latest tabulations indicate a steadily rising rate of suicide in Guyana from 2000 until 2012, there is a notable decrease between 2012 and 2015, which would signal that the various systems put in place, including a suicide hotline, have started to make the desired impact. According to the crude data on the WHO’s website, which was last updated on April 4, this year, as at 2015 Sri Lanka had the highest suicide rate in the world at an estimated 35.3 per every 100,000 inhabitants; Lithuania was second with 32.7 per 100,000; the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) third with 32.0; and Guyana fourth with 29.0.