Belgium - Intentional self-harm 1998

Suicides Belgium 1998

Belgium has a very high suicide rate

In 1998 occurred 2,022 suicides in Belgium. This year, 124 fewer people committed suicide than in 1997. In 1998, on average 6 Belgians committed suicide every day.

Belgium had 19.8 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 14.84 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 2,022 recorded suicide cases in 1998, 1,463 were men suicides and 557 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 29.3 per 100,000 men and for women 10.7 per 100,000 female. In spite of this, it is one of the countries with the highest female suicide rate in the world.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Belgium suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 145 homicides in Belgium, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 13.9 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1998	557	1,463	2,022	10.70	29.30	19.80
1997	595	1,551	2,146	11.40	31.20	21.10
1996	555	1,458	2,013	10.70	29.40	19.80
1995	605	1,550	2,155	11.70	31.30	21.30
1994	588	1,543	2,131	11.40	31.20	21.10
1993	590	1,552	2,142	11.50	31.50	21.20
1992	565	1,313	1,878	11.00	26.70	18.70
1991	527	1,278	1,805	10.30	26.10	18.00
1990	592	1,303	1,895	11.60	26.80	19.00
1989	582	1,338	1,920	11.40	27.60	19.30
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

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