In 1969 around 1,466 suicides occurred in Belgium, 26 less than in 1968. In 1969, on average 4 Belgians committed suicide every day.
Belgium reported 15.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 11.58 suicides per 100,000 people.
Belgium, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 1,466 recorded suicide cases in 1969, 1,008 were men suicides and 458 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 21.3 per 100,000 men and for women 9.3 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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