In 1962 around 1,469 suicides occurred in Australia, 220 more than in 1961. In 1962, on average 4 Australians committed suicide every day.
Australia reported 13.7 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 11.28 suicides per 100,000 people.
Australia, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 1,469 recorded suicide cases in 1962, 1,011 were men suicides and 458 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 18.7 per 100,000 men and for women 8.6 per 100,000 female. In spite of this, it is one of the countries with the highest female suicide rate in the world.
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