Belgium - Intentional self-harm 1979

Suicides Belgium 1979

Belgium has a very high suicide rate

By 1979, suicides in Belgium increased by 96 people to at 2,114 suicides In 1979, on average 6 Belgians committed suicide every day.

In Belgium there were 21.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 13.17 suicides per 100,000 people.

Belgium has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 2,114 recorded suicide cases in 1979, 1,359 were men suicides and 755 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 28.2 per 100,000 men and for women 15 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
1979	755	1,359	2,114	15.00	28.20	21.50
1978	705	1,313	2,018	14.00	27.30	20.50
1977	673	1,201	1,874	13.40	25.00	19.10
1976	571	1,062	1,633	11.40	22.10	16.60
1975	577	1,011	1,588	11.50	21.10	16.20
1974	505	1,021	1,526	10.10	21.30	15.60
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