In 1965 around 1,685 suicides occurred in Australia, 65 more than in 1964. In 1965, on average 5 Australians committed suicide every day.
Australia reported 14.9 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 11.36 suicides per 100,000 people.
Australia, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 1,685 recorded suicide cases in 1965, 1,075 were men suicides and 610 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 18.8 per 100,000 men and for women 10.8 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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