Denmark - Intentional self-harm

By 1971, suicides in Denmark increased by 167 people to at 1,227 suicides In 1971, on average 3 Danes committed suicide every day.

In Denmark there were 24.7 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 11.63 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 1,227 recorded suicide cases in 1971, 775 were men suicides and 452 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 31.4 per 100,000 men and for women 18.1 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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• Denmark economy
• Country suicides ranking