Australia - Intentional self-harm 1997

Suicides Australia 1997

There are 7 suicides per day in Australia

In 1997 occurred 2,646 suicides in Australia. This year, 220 more people committed suicide than in 1996. In 1997, on average 7 Australians committed suicide every day.

Australia had 14.4 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 14.89 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Australia is a country with a high rate of suicide.

Of the 2,646 recorded suicide cases in 1997, 2,089 were men suicides and 557 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 22.8 per 100,000 men and for women 6 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Australia suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 364 homicides in Australia, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 7.3 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1997	557	2,089	2,646	6.00	22.80	14.40
1996	460	1,966	2,426	5.00	21.70	13.30
1995	459	1,711	2,170	5.10	19.10	12.10
1994	418	1,865	2,283	4.70	21.00	12.80
1993	398	1,641	2,039	4.50	18.70	11.60
1992	466	1,786	2,252	5.30	20.50	12.90
1991	482	1,806	2,288	5.60	21.00	13.20
1990	444	1,758	2,202	5.20	20.70	12.90
1989	424	1,642	2,066	5.00	19.60	12.30
1988	460	1,712	2,172	5.60	20.80	13.10
1987	437	1,727	2,164	5.40	21.30	13.30
1986	463	1,582	2,045	5.80	19.80	12.80
1985	425	1,437	1,862	5.40	18.20	11.80
1984	406	1,348	1,754	5.20	17.30	11.30
1983	399	1,298	1,697	5.20	16.90	11.00
1982	448	1,321	1,769	5.90	17.40	11.70
1981	413	1,259	1,672	5.50	16.90	11.20
1980	408	1,199	1,607	5.50	16.30	10.90
1979	479	1,198	1,677	6.60	16.50	11.60
1978	469	1,126	1,595	6.50	15.70	11.10
1977	438	1,128	1,566	6.20	15.90	11.00
1976	406	1,098	1,504	5.80	15.60	10.70
1975	478	1,050	1,528	6.90	15.10	11.00
1974	494	1,073	1,567	7.20	15.60	11.40
1973	492	1,036	1,528	7.30	15.30	11.30
1972	540	1,085	1,625	8.20	16.20	12.20
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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