Belgium - Intentional self-harm 1988

Suicides Belgium 1988

There are 5 suicides per day in Belgium

By 1988, suicides in Belgium increased by 242 people to at 1,996 suicides In 1988, on average 5 Belgians committed suicide every day.

In Belgium there were 20.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 15.07 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 1,996 recorded suicide cases in 1988, 1,353 were men suicides and 643 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 28 per 100,000 men and for women 12.7 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
1988	643	1,353	1,996	12.70	28.00	20.20
1987	695	1,543	2,238	13.80	32.00	22.70
1986	714	1,488	2,202	14.10	30.90	22.30
1985	759	1,522	2,281	15.00	31.60	23.10
1984	774	1,569	2,343	15.30	32.60	23.80
1983	795	1,451	2,246	15.80	30.20	22.80
1982	704	1,451	2,155	14.00	30.10	21.90
1981	745	1,414	2,159	14.80	29.40	21.90
1980	808	1,373	2,181	16.00	28.50	22.10
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