In-prison suicide mortality rate (per 100,000 incarcerated persons per year) is the core metric of this dataset. It originates from the World Health Organization's Global Health Observatory. The specific temporal and geographic coverage, column details, and data collection methodology are not provided in the available metadata.
Use Cases
- Benchmarking suicide rates across different correctional systems (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Analyzing trends in prison suicide mortality over time (inferred from domain, verify after download)
- Informing public health interventions for incarcerated populations (inferred from domain, verify after download)
Strengths
- Published on the World Health Organization's Global Health Observatory (WHO GHO) platform.
- Platform tags indicate a focus on health, global health, and correctional facilities.
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
- Column-level documentation, sample data, file formats, and row count are unknown.
- Last updated date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
- null