This study determined the similarities in
countries in terms of suicidal ideation and suicidal
attempts among female and male adolescents and
determined the suicidal ideation and suicidal attempt
index among adolescents in the four regions identified by
World Health Organization as low and middle-income
countries. An exploratory research employing the data
mining technique, the Cluster and the Principle
Component Analyses were used in the treatment of data
obtained from the Global-School Based Health Survey on
Suicidal Ideation and Suicidal Attempt among Adolescent
ages 12-16 in 32 Low and Middle-Income Countries in
2003-2012. Findings revealed that female adolescents have
higher suicide attempts and suicidal ideation than the
male based on the clusters of regions on their similarities.
Further, the African region had the highest suicidal
attempts and ideation index among adolescents in the four
regions among countries belonging to low and middleincome countries.
Keywords : Suicidal Ideation, Suicidal Attempts, Adolescents, Low and Middle Income Countries