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Suicides Denmark 2021

Suicides decreased in Denmark

In 2021 around 553 suicides occurred in Denmark, 27 less than in 2020. In Denmark, on average, at least one suicide happens every year.

Denmark reported 9.42 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.15 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 553 recorded suicide cases in 2021, 395 were men suicides and 152 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.51 per 100,000 men and for women 5.15 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Denmark suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 37 homicides in Denmark, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 14.9 suicides.

Related data:

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DateFemale suicidesMale suicidesSuicidesFemale suicide rateMale suicide rateSuicide rate
20211523955535.1513.519.42
20201654125805.6314.279.93
20191524516125.2015.6210.42
20181604305905.5014.8510.17
20171654245895.7014.8210.23
20161444365804.9314.999.93
20151754025776.0913.819.92
20141664886545.8117.3111.52
20131604556155.6916.2610.95
20121664936595.9217.7811.82
20111574415985.5515.9710.72
20101584055635.6014.7010.10
20091454776225.2017.4011.30
20081854186036.7015.4011.00
20071804015816.5014.8010.60
20061784726506.5017.5012.00
20051744576316.4017.0011.60
20041924696617.0017.5012.20
20031534806335.6018.0011.70
20021855036886.8018.9012.80
20012205077278.1019.1013.60
20001955337287.2020.2013.60
19991995637627.4021.4014.30
19982165477638.0020.9014.40
19972575608179.6021.5015.50
19962616318929.8024.3016.90
199529962592411.3024.2017.70
199431968099912.1026.5019.20
19934107491,15915.6029.3022.30
19923967421,13815.1029.1022.00
19913947621,15615.1030.0022.40
19904268151,24116.3032.2024.10
19895108691,37919.6034.4026.90
19884938431,33619.0033.3026.00
19875179131,43019.9036.1027.90
19865178991,41619.9035.6027.70
19855358851,42020.6035.1027.80
19845469201,46621.0036.5028.70
19835299331,46220.4037.0028.60
19825499351,48421.2037.1029.00
19815539821,53521.3038.9030.00
19805791,0391,61822.3041.1031.60
19795148041,31819.8031.8025.80
19784847061,19018.7028.0023.30
19774597771,23617.8030.9024.30
19764547581,21217.7030.2023.90
19754707481,21818.4029.9024.10
19744708431,31318.5033.7026.00
19734677261,19318.5029.1023.80
19724447451,18917.7030.1023.80
19714527751,22718.1031.4024.70
19703906701,06015.7027.4021.50
19693746441,01815.2026.6020.80
196835963999814.6026.5020.50
196728256584711.6023.6017.50
196629755785412.3023.4017.80
196535256791914.7024.0019.30
196436462799115.3026.8021.00
196329759689312.6025.7019.10
196231057388313.2024.9019.00
196126751478111.5022.5016.90
196031461793113.6027.2020.30
Denmark - Intentional self-harm
Denmark - Intentional self-harm