THE USE OF MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS IN THE PREDICTION OF SUICIDE RATES IN SOME COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD

Abstract

Suicide is a complex phenomenon that has attracted the attention of various scientists for centuries. Every year, suicide is among the 10 leading causes of death in the world among people of all ages. As a serious health problem, it requires our attention, although its control and prevention are not at all simple, considering that they can be influenced by various factors. For this reason, various measures are being taken to try to prevent it. One of these attempts is carried out using computers, i.e. machine learning, and various algorithms in order to make predictions and enable the prevention of suicides in the world. This is precisely the motivation for this paper. The paper presents the prediction of suicide rates in different countries of the world. Prediction was performed using machine learning algorithms. Several regression algorithms were used, as well as one classification algorithm.