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SEESAC. 2021 ‘Firearm-related Suicides in South-East Europe by Gender 2020.’ In Focus Armed Violence Monitor Firearm-related Suicides in SEE in 2020, p. 5. Belgrade: South Eastern and Eastern Europe Clearinghouse for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons. 10 September

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Serbia (28) accounted for 41.8% of all reported firearm-related suicides. Bosnia and Herzegovina came in second with 19 (28.3%) suicides. Fewer than ten suicides were documented in the other jurisdictions, while none were reported in North Macedonia.

A stark gender discrepancy in suicide rates between men and women was evident across jurisdictions. In 2020, men were far more likely than women to die by firearm-related suicide, with 66 men (98.5%) compared to one woman (1.5%).

Similar trends in terms of victims' number, sex and age were observed in 2019, when 70 firearm-related suicides were reported, with 67 men and three women victims.

Graph - Victims of firearm-related suicides by sex and jurisdiction in 2020
[Country: Men - Number; Women - Number]

Albania: Men - 8; Women - 0
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Men - 19; Women - 0
Kosovo: Men - 2; Women - 1
Moldova: Men - 7; Women - 0
Montenegro: Men - 2; Women - 0
Serbia: Men - 28; Women - 0

ID: Q15882

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