In 1966 around 1,373 suicides occurred in Belgium, 51 less than in 1965. In 1966, on average 4 Belgians committed suicide every day.
Belgium reported 14.4 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 11.67 suicides per 100,000 people.
Belgium, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 1,373 recorded suicide cases in 1966, 949 were men suicides and 424 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 20.3 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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