APPENDIX 2: Reported suicide rates for the Nordic countries, 2000–2019

Figure A1 Suicide rates for males by calendar year.

Data for Faroe Island for the years 2000–2006 were based on 5-year periods (i.e. 2000–2004 and 2005–2009). Suicide rates for Greenland were presented on a different scale than the other plots. For this reason, the Greenlandic suicide rate was omitted from the other plots. Further, moving averages were used to smooth the suicide rates of Faroe Islands (5-year moving averages), Greenland (3-year moving averages), Iceland (3-year moving averages), and Aaland Islands (5-year moving averages).

Figure A2 Suicide rates for females by calendar year.

Data for Faroe Island for the years 2000–2006 were based on 5-year periods (i.e. 2000–2004 and 2005–2009). Suicide rates for Greenland were presented on a different scale than the other plots. For this reason, the Greenlandic suicide rate was omitted from the other plots. Further, moving averages were used to smooth the suicide rates of Faroe Islands (5-year moving averages), Greenland (3-year moving averages), Iceland (3-year moving averages), and Aaland Islands (5-year moving averages).

	All	Males	Females
Denmark
2015	7.7	10.9	4.6
2022	7.5	11.6	3.8
Change in %	2.3	-6.2	18.1
Finland
2015	11.7	18.1	5.3
2022	11.9	18.5	6.0
Change in %	-1.9	-2.3	-14.8
Greenland
2015	73.7	95.0	50.4
2022	79.6	107.3	51.4
Change in %	-8.1	-13.0	-1.9
Iceland
2015	11.7	18.6	4.6
2022	8.5	11.7	5.1
Change in %	27.0	37.2	-10.8
Norway
2015	9.9	13.3	6.5
2022	9.9	13.8	5.9
Change in %	0.3	-3.4	8.8

Table A1. Changes in the age-standardized rates between 2015 and 2022.*

Sweden
2015	13.4	18.7	8.1
2022	12.9	17.3	7.3
Change in %	3.9	7.7	10.3

*Due to few incidents of suicide deaths on a yearly basis, trends for Faroe Islands and Aaland Islands were not assessed.