In 1969 around 1,096 suicides occurred in Finland, 81 more than in 1968. In 1969, on average 3 Finns committed suicide every day.
Finland reported 23.7 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 11.58 suicides per 100,000 people.
Finland has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 1,096 recorded suicide cases in 1969, 850 were men suicides and 246 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 38 per 100,000 men and for women 10.3 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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