Belgium - Intentional self-harm

In 1965 occurred 1,424 suicides in Belgium. This year, 109 more people committed suicide than in 1964. In 1965, on average 4 Belgians committed suicide every day.

Belgium had 15 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 11.36 suicides per 100,000 people.

Belgium, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.

Of the 1,424 recorded suicide cases in 1965, 960 were men suicides and 464 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 20.7 per 100,000 men and for women 9.6 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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