Austria - Intentional self-harm 1990

Suicides Austria 1990

Austria has a very high suicide rate

By 1990, suicides in Austria increased by 73 people to at 1,825 suicides In 1990, on average 5 Austrians committed suicide every day.

In Austria there were 23.8 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 14.95 suicides per 100,000 people.

Austria has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 1,825 recorded suicide cases in 1990, 1,284 were men suicides and 541 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 34.9 per 100,000 men and for women 13.5 per 100,000 female. In spite of this, it is one of the countries with the highest female suicide rate in the world.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Austria suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 89 homicides in Austria, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 20.5 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1990	541	1,284	1,825	13.50	34.90	23.80
1989	585	1,313	1,898	14.70	36.10	24.90
1988	529	1,322	1,851	13.30	36.60	24.40
1987	624	1,445	2,069	15.70	40.10	27.30
1986	628	1,511	2,139	15.80	42.00	28.30
1985	624	1,467	2,091	15.70	40.80	27.60
1984	586	1,442	2,028	14.70	40.20	26.80
1983	611	1,430	2,041	15.40	39.90	27.00
1982	571	1,499	2,070	14.30	41.80	27.30
1981	595	1,437	2,032	14.90	40.10	26.80
1980	590	1,342	1,932	14.80	37.60	25.60
1979	582	1,301	1,883	14.60	36.50	24.90
1978	568	1,294	1,862	14.20	36.20	24.60
1977	593	1,234	1,827	14.80	34.50	24.10
1976	532	1,172	1,704	13.30	32.80	22.50
1975	554	1,259	1,813	13.90	35.20	23.90
1974	579	1,204	1,783	14.50	33.50	23.50
1973	540	1,111	1,651	13.50	31.00	21.80
1972	575	1,170	1,745	14.40	32.80	23.10
1971	583	1,111	1,694	14.70	31.40	22.60
1970	557	1,232	1,789	14.10	35.00	24.00
1969	564	1,081	1,645	14.30	30.90	22.10
1968	499	1,113	1,612	12.70	31.90	21.70
1967	523	1,117	1,640	13.40	32.20	22.20
1966	563	1,121	1,684	14.50	32.60	23.00
1965	567	1,084	1,651	14.70	31.80	22.70
1964	526	1,119	1,645	13.70	33.10	22.80
1963	514	1,039	1,553	13.40	31.00	21.60
1962	503	1,095	1,598	13.20	32.90	22.40
1961	514	1,033	1,547	13.60	31.30	21.80
1960	557	1,072	1,629	14.80	32.70	23.10

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