In 1968 around 1,527 suicides occurred in Australia, 251 less than in 1967. In 1968, on average 4 Australians committed suicide every day.
Australia reported 12.7 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 11.66 suicides per 100,000 people.
Australia, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 1,527 recorded suicide cases in 1968, 1,022 were men suicides and 505 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 16.9 per 100,000 men and for women 8.5 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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