Belgium - Intentional self-harm 1973

Suicides Belgium 1973

Belgium has a very high suicide rate

By 1973, suicides in Belgium increased by 68 people to at 1,450 suicides In 1973, on average 4 Belgians committed suicide every day.

In Belgium there were 14.9 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 11.95 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 1,450 recorded suicide cases in 1973, 988 were men suicides and 462 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 20.7 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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Belgium - Intentional self-harm

Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1973	462	988	1,450	9.30	20.70	14.90
1972	503	1,015	1,518	10.10	21.40	15.60
1971	472	1,019	1,491	9.60	21.50	15.40
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