---
title: "Canada has 6th highest suicide rate among 33 countries in the Americas, ‘first of its kind’ study shows"
type: "post"
post_id: "3887"
slug: "canada-has-6th-highest-suicide-rate-among-33-countries-in-the-americas-first-of-its-kind-study-shows"
canonical: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2023/02/25/canada-has-6th-highest-suicide-rate-among-33-countries-in-the-americas-first-of-its-kind-study-shows/"
markdown_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2023/02/25/canada-has-6th-highest-suicide-rate-among-33-countries-in-the-americas-first-of-its-kind-study-shows.md"
json_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2023/02/25/canada-has-6th-highest-suicide-rate-among-33-countries-in-the-americas-first-of-its-kind-study-shows.json"
txt_url: "https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2023/02/25/canada-has-6th-highest-suicide-rate-among-33-countries-in-the-americas-first-of-its-kind-study-shows.txt"
published: "2023-02-25T17:43:07+00:00"
modified: "2023-02-25T17:43:07+00:00"
author: "penny2"
categories:
  - "Uncategorized"
tags:
  - "Canada"
site_name: "PFYT2"
publisher: ""
language: "en-US"
generator: "easyPress Markdown"
generator_version: "1.0.6"
---
[**CTV**](https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/canada-has-6th-highest-suicide-rate-among-33-countries-in-the-americas-first-of-its-kind-study-shows-1.6289222)

> According to the research, **Canadian men and women had the 6th highest suicide rate from 2000 to 2019 out of the 33 countries examined in North, Central and South America.**
> 
> The study, published in The Lancet Regional Health – Americas on Feb. 23, is the “first of its kind” to examine specific contextual factors associated with national suicide rates in the Americas.
> 
> North America has the highest rate of suicide with 14.1 per 100,000 people compared to the Andean Area in South America which has the lowest rate of suicide with 3.9 per 100,000 people.

**Canadian society has become so divided and toxic that really what else could or would be expected?**