In Belgium there were 23.1 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 15.74 suicides per 100,000 people.
Belgium has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 2,281 recorded suicide cases in 1985, 1,522 were men suicides and 759 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 31.6 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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