Australia - Intentional self-harm 1971

Suicides Australia 1971

There are 5 suicides per day in Australia

By 1971, suicides in Australia increased by 187 people to at 1,738 suicides In 1971, on average 5 Australians committed suicide every day.

In Australia there were 13.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 11.63 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 1,738 recorded suicide cases in 1971, 1,150 were men suicides and 588 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 17.5 per 100,000 men and for women 9 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
1971	588	1,150	1,738	9.00	17.50	13.30
1970	475	1,076	1,551	7.60	17.10	12.40
1969	477	1,025	1,502	7.80	16.60	12.20
1968	505	1,022	1,527	8.50	16.90	12.70
1967	653	1,125	1,778	11.10	18.90	15.10
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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