Austria - Intentional self-harm 1998

Suicides Austria 1998

There are 4 suicides per day in Austria

In 1998 occurred 1,559 suicides in Austria. This year, 33 fewer people committed suicide than in 1997. In 1998, on average 4 Austrians committed suicide every day.

Austria had 19.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 14.84 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 1,559 recorded suicide cases in 1998, 1,177 were men suicides and 382 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 30.6 per 100,000 men and for women 9.3 per 100,000 female.

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 77 homicides in Austria, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 20.2 suicides.

Related data:

Austria - Intentional self-harm

Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1998	382	1,177	1,559	9.30	30.60	19.50
1997	417	1,175	1,592	10.10	30.50	20.00
1996	443	1,336	1,779	10.80	34.80	22.40
1995	455	1,333	1,788	11.10	34.80	22.50
1994	491	1,285	1,776	11.90	33.60	22.40
1993	460	1,244	1,704	11.20	32.70	21.60
1992	477	1,282	1,759	11.70	34.00	22.40
1991	470	1,299	1,769	11.70	34.90	22.80
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

Austria - Intentional self-harm