Belgium - Intentional self-harm 1970

Suicides Belgium 1970

Belgium has a very high suicide rate

In 1970 occurred 1,591 suicides in Belgium. This year, 125 more people committed suicide than in 1969. In 1970, on average 4 Belgians committed suicide every day.

Belgium had 16.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 11.8 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 1,591 recorded suicide cases in 1970, 1,034 were men suicides and 557 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 21.9 per 100,000 men and for women 11.3 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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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1970	557	1,034	1,591	11.30	21.90	16.50
1969	458	1,008	1,466	9.30	21.30	15.20
1968	492	1,000	1,492	10.00	21.20	15.50
1967	454	980	1,434	9.30	20.90	15.00
1966	424	949	1,373	8.70	20.30	14.40
1965	464	960	1,424	9.60	20.70	15.00
1964	390	925	1,315	8.20	20.10	14.00
1963	412	888	1,300	8.70	19.50	14.00
1962	355	897	1,252	7.50	19.90	13.60
1961	371	977	1,348	7.90	21.70	14.70
1960	375	960	1,335	8.00	21.40	14.60

Belgium - Intentional self-harm