Denmark - Intentional self-harm 1987

Suicides Denmark 1987

Denmark has a very high suicide rate

By 1987, suicides in Denmark increased by 14 people to at 1,430 suicides In 1987, on average 4 Danes committed suicide every day.

In Denmark there were 27.9 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 15.56 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 1,430 recorded suicide cases in 1987, 913 were men suicides and 517 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 36.1 per 100,000 men and for women 19.9 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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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1987	517	913	1,430	19.90	36.10	27.90
1986	517	899	1,416	19.90	35.60	27.70
1985	535	885	1,420	20.60	35.10	27.80
1984	546	920	1,466	21.00	36.50	28.70
1983	529	933	1,462	20.40	37.00	28.60
1982	549	935	1,484	21.20	37.10	29.00
1981	553	982	1,535	21.30	38.90	30.00
1980	579	1,039	1,618	22.30	41.10	31.60
1979	514	804	1,318	19.80	31.80	25.80
1978	484	706	1,190	18.70	28.00	23.30
1977	459	777	1,236	17.80	30.90	24.30
1976	454	758	1,212	17.70	30.20	23.90
1975	470	748	1,218	18.40	29.90	24.10
1974	470	843	1,313	18.50	33.70	26.00
1973	467	726	1,193	18.50	29.10	23.80
1972	444	745	1,189	17.70	30.10	23.80
1971	452	775	1,227	18.10	31.40	24.70
1970	390	670	1,060	15.70	27.40	21.50
1969	374	644	1,018	15.20	26.60	20.80
1968	359	639	998	14.60	26.50	20.50
1967	282	565	847	11.60	23.60	17.50
1966	297	557	854	12.30	23.40	17.80
1965	352	567	919	14.70	24.00	19.30
1964	364	627	991	15.30	26.80	21.00
1963	297	596	893	12.60	25.70	19.10
1962	310	573	883	13.20	24.90	19.00
1961	267	514	781	11.50	22.50	16.90
1960	314	617	931	13.60	27.20	20.30

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