Australia - Intentional self-harm 1966

Suicides Australia 1966

There are 4 suicides per day in Australia

By 1966, suicides in Australia increased by 61 people to at 1,624 suicides In 1966, on average 4 Australians committed suicide every day.

In Australia there were 14 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 11.67 suicides per 100,000 people.

Australia, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.

Of the 1,624 recorded suicide cases in 1966, 1,017 were men suicides and 607 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 17.4 per 100,000 men and for women 10.5 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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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1966	607	1,017	1,624	10.50	17.40	14.00
1965	610	1,075	1,685	10.80	18.80	14.90
1964	549	1,071	1,620	10.00	19.10	14.60
1963	575	1,143	1,718	10.60	20.80	15.80
1962	458	1,011	1,469	8.60	18.70	13.70
1961	348	901	1,249	6.70	17.00	11.90
1960	314	778	1,092	6.20	15.00	10.60

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