Bulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public HealthBulletin of Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health2415-84102415-8429FSSBI «N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health»1559Научная статьяEPIDEMIOLOGY OF SUICIDES IN THE WORLD AND REVIEW OF RISK FACTORS OF SUICIDAL BEHAVIORNosovaE. Snosova.evgenya@lenta.ruSpasennikovB. Aborisspasennikov@yandex.ruAlexandrovaO. Yualexandrovaoyu@nriph.ruN.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health18122021441708042022Copyright © 2021,2021Reducing risk and enhancing protective factors is the main goal of suicide prevention. Data from the WHO Global Observatory and the PubMed Electronic Library have been used to analyze the worldwide epidemiology of suicides over a 20-year period and to review literature on suicide risk factors. In recent decades the global suicide mortality rate has fallen by 36%. The male suicide rate fell by 33% and the female mortality rate by 43%. 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