In 1970 around 1,551 suicides occurred in Australia, 49 more than in 1969. In 1970, on average 4 Australians committed suicide every day.
Australia reported 12.4 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 11.8 suicides per 100,000 people.
Australia, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 1,551 recorded suicide cases in 1970, 1,076 were men suicides and 475 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 17.1 per 100,000 men and for women 7.6 per 100,000 female.
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