In 1963 around 1,300 suicides occurred in Belgium, 48 more than in 1962. In 1963, on average 4 Belgians committed suicide every day.
Belgium reported 14 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 11.22 suicides per 100,000 people.
Belgium, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 1,300 recorded suicide cases in 1963, 888 were men suicides and 412 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 19.5 per 100,000 men and for women 8.7 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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