A book on suicide I'd be interested to read

Worldwide trends in suicide mortality, 1955–1989
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1994.tb01556.x/abstract

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Patterns and trends in suicide mortality for the period 1955–89 for 57
countries (28 from Europe, the former Soviet Union, Canada, the United
States, 14 Latin American countries, 8 from Asia and 2 from Africa,
Australia and Oceania) were analyzed on the basis of official death
certification data included in the World Health Organization mortality
database. Over the most recent calendar quinquennium (1985–1989),
Hungary had the highest rate for men (52.1 per 100,000, all ages, world
standard), followed by Sri Lanka (49.6), Finland (37.2) and a number of
central European countries. North America, Japan, Australia and New
Zealand and several European countries had intermediate suicide rates
(between 15 and 25 per 100,000), whereas overall mortality from suicide
was low in the United Kingdom, southern Europe, Latin America and
reporting countries and areas from Africa and Asia, except Japan,
Singapore and Hong Kong. The pattern for women was similar, although the
absolute values were considerably lower. The highest values were in Sri
Lanka (19.0 per 100,000), followed by Hungary (17.6) and several other
central European countries, with rates between 9 and 15 per 100,000.
Female suicide rates were comparatively elevated in Japan, Hong Kong,
Singapore and Cuba. With respect to trends over time, the figures were
relatively favourable in less developed areas of the world, including
Latin America and several countries from Asia, with the major exception
of Sri Lanka. Of concern are, in contrast, the upward trends,
particularly for elderly men in Canada, the United States, Australia and
New Zealand and, mostly, the substantial rises over most recent decades
of suicide rates in young cohorts of males in Japan and several European
countries, Australia and New Zealand. These trends were often in
contrast with more favourable patterns in women, and can be discussed in
terms of ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic factors, aspects of
psychiatric care or availability of instruments and methods of suicide.
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