In 1975 around 1,588 suicides occurred in Belgium, 62 more than in 1974. In 1975, on average 4 Belgians committed suicide every day.
Belgium reported 16.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 12.15 suicides per 100,000 people.
Belgium, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 1,588 recorded suicide cases in 1975, 1,011 were men suicides and 577 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 21.1 per 100,000 men and for women 11.5 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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