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From: Regional variation in suicide rates in Sri Lanka between 1955 and 2011: a spatial and temporal analysis

District

Crude Suicide rate per 100,000

1955

1972

1980

2011

Ampara

5.7

12.0

26.5

15.4

Anuradhapura

3.8

24.4

48.4

24.2

Badulla

6.7

24.2

37.8

21.6

Batticaloa

5.7

25.4

39.9

23.7

Colombo

6.7

13.3

13.7

11.5

Galle

7.8

14.1

18.6

17.1

Gampaha

6.7

13.3

9.8

11.2

Hambantota

7.5

18.0

53.6

21.3

Jaffna

13.1

32.9

27.4

24.5

Kalutara

9.8

12.9

11.7

17.1

Kandy

5.1

23.9

25.8

15.6

Kegalle

4.9

19.9

23.0

12.5

Kilinochchi

13.1

32.9

27.4

27.3

Kurunegala

4.8

36.7

58.9

24.3

Mannar

4.3

24.1

25.1

17.1

Matale

11.0

29.2

36.2

23.3

Matara

2.7

9.8

23.0

21.0

Moneragala

6.7

19.0

28.4

25.7

Mullaitivu

17.9

63.9

89.3

28.2

Nuwara

7.0

24.3

44.3

17.0

Polonnaruwa

3.8

28.3

50.2

24.1

Puttalam

7.3

25.0

30.7

30.6

Ratnapura

8.9

21.3

24.0

22.6

Trincomalee

8.7

18.3

21.6

16.3

Vavuniya

17.9

63.9

84.1

15.7