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3.4.2a Suicide mortality rate by Parish per 100,000 population

3.4.2a Suicide mortality rate by Parish per 100,000 population

 

Parish Suicide mortality rate (per 100,000)
2015
Population


(end of 2015)

Kingston 0.30 669,900
St. Andrew 1.34
St. Thomas 3.16 94,900
Portland 6.05 82,700
St. Mary 1.74 114,900
St. Ann 2.87 174,200
Trelawny 2.63 76,000
St. James 1.08 185,700
Hanover 0.00 70,300
Westmoreland 0.69 145,700
St. Elizabeth 3.95 151,900
Manchester 2.61 191,900
Clarendon 1.62 247,800
St. Catherine 1.73 521,400
Jamaica 2.02 2,727,300

Source: Mortality Data, Registrar General’s Department & Economic & Social Survey Jamaica
Data Producing Entities/ Custodian:
National Epidemiology Unit, Ministry of Health

 

 
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3.4.2a Suicide mortality rate by Parish per 100,000 population in the Sustainable Development Goals

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3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

Ensuring healthy lives and promoting the well-being for all at all ages is essential to sustainable development. Significant strides have been made in increasing life expectancy and reducing some of the common killers associated with child and maternal mortality. Major progress has been made on increasing access to clean water and sanitation, reducing malaria, tuberculosis, polio and the spread of HIV/AIDS. However, many more efforts are needed to fully eradicate a wide range of diseases and address many different persistent and emerging health issues.

Related 3.4.2a Suicide mortality rate by Parish per 100,000 population Targets

3.4

By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being