Australia - Intentional self-harm 2020

Suicides Australia 2020

There are 9 suicides per day in Australia

In 2020 occurred 3,136 suicides in Australia. This year, 221 fewer people committed suicide than in 2019. In 2020, on average 9 Australians committed suicide every day.

Australia had 12.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.27 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 3,136 recorded suicide cases in 2020, 2,382 were men suicides and 754 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 18.7 per 100,000 men and for women 5.8 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 221 homicides in Australia, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 14.2 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2020	754	2,382	3,136	5.80	18.70	12.20
2019	821	2,536	3,357	6.40	20.20	13.20
2018	767	2,434	3,201	6.10	19.60	12.80
2017	834	2,452	3,286	6.70	20.10	13.40
2016	736	2,169	2,905	6.00	18.10	12.00
2015	764	2,329	3,093	6.40	19.70	13.00
2014	714	2,205	2,919	6.00	18.90	12.40
2013	664	1,944	2,608	5.70	16.90	11.30
2012	650	1,930	2,580	5.70	17.10	11.30
2011	581	1,811	2,392	5.20	16.30	10.70
2010	553	1,865	2,418	5.00	17.00	11.00
2009	552	1,783	2,335	5.10	16.50	10.80
2008	508	1,832	2,340	4.80	17.30	11.00
2007	529	1,698	2,227	5.10	16.40	10.70
2006	494	1,624	2,118	4.80	16.00	10.40
2004	442	1,671	2,113	4.40	16.90	10.60
2003	471	1,684	2,155	4.70	17.20	10.90
2002	506	1,813	2,319	5.20	18.70	11.90
2001	521	1,935	2,456	5.40	20.20	12.70
2000	505	1,883	2,388	5.30	19.90	12.50
1999	489	1,999	2,488	5.20	21.40	13.20
1998	525	2,108	2,633	5.60	22.80	14.20
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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