In 1984 around 2,343 suicides occurred in Belgium, 97 more than in 1983. In 1984, on average 6 Belgians committed suicide every day.
Belgium reported 23.8 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 15.98 suicides per 100,000 people.
Belgium has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 2,343 recorded suicide cases in 1984, 1,569 were men suicides and 774 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 32.6 per 100,000 men and for women 15.3 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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