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Correction: An analysis of age-standardized suicide rates in Muslim-majority countries in 2000-2019

BMC Public Health volume 22, Article number: 1786 (2022) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 04 May 2022

Correction: BMC Public Health 22,882 (2022)

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13101-3

The original publication of this article [1] contained an error in the discussion section. The incorrect and correct information is shown below.

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However, a psychological autopsy study conducted on suicide deaths between July 2019 to July 2020 in Dhaka, Bangladesh showed that pesticide poisoning was still the most prevalent suicide method [47].

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A psychological autopsy study conducted on suicide deaths between July 2019 to July 2020 in Dhaka, Bangladesh showed that pesticide poisoning was now the second most prevalent suicide method [47].

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  1. Lew B, et al. An analysis of age-standardized suicide rates in Muslim-majority countries in 2000-2019. BMC Public Health. 2022;22:882. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13101-3.

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  1. Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Bob Lew & Kairi Kõlves

  2. Stockton University, Galloway, New Jersey, United States

    David Lester

  3. WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Kairi Kõlves

  4. Hong Kong Jockey Club Center for Suicide Research and Prevention, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Paul S. F. Yip

  5. Taipei City Psychiatric Centre, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

    Ying-Yeh Chen

  6. School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia

    Won Sun Chen

  7. Jeeon Bangladesh Ltd., Dhaka, Bangladesh

    M. Tasdik Hasan

  8. Department of Primary Care & Mental Health, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

    M. Tasdik Hasan

  9. Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

    Harold G. Koenig

  10. King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    Harold G. Koenig

  11. Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Public Health at Guangdong Medical University, Dongguan, Guangdong, China

    Zhi Zhong Wang

  12. Faculty of Education, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Bandar Puncak Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia

    Muhamad Nur Fariduddin

  13. Psychology Department, Mardin Artuklu University, Mardin, Turkey

    Emek Yuce Zeyrek-Rios

  14. Centre for Community Health Studies (ReaCH), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Caryn Mei Hsien Chan & Ching Sin Siau

  15. Non-Communicable Diseases Section, Disease Control Division, Ministry of Health, Putrajaya, Malaysia

    Feisul Mustapha

  16. Department of Psychology, International University of Malaya-Wales, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Mimi Fitriana

  17. Faculty of Nursing, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia

    Mimi Fitriana

  18. Filariasis Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry, University of Bamako, Bamako, Mali

    Housseini Dolo

  19. Social Work Department, Faculty of Letters, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey

    Burak M. Gönültaş

  20. Department of Addiction, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health (Tehran Institute of Psychiatry), Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Mahboubeh Dadfar

  21. Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

    Mojtaba Davoudi

  22. Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

    Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek

  23. Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Lai Fong Chan

  24. Centre for Healthy Ageing and Wellness (H-Care), Faculty of Health Sciences, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Norhayati Ibrahim

  25. Institute of Islam Hadhari, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia

    Norhayati Ibrahim

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Lew, B., Lester, D., Kõlves, K. et al. Correction: An analysis of age-standardized suicide rates in Muslim-majority countries in 2000-2019. BMC Public Health 22, 1786 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14136-2

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