Finland - Intentional self-harm 1973

Suicides Finland 1973

Finland has a very high suicide rate

By 1973, suicides in Finland increased by 16 people to at 1,097 suicides In 1973, on average 3 Finns committed suicide every day.

In Finland there were 23.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 11.95 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 1,097 recorded suicide cases in 1973, 848 were men suicides and 249 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 37.6 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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Finland - Intentional self-harm

Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1973	249	848	1,097	10.30	37.60	23.50
1972	239	874	1,113	10.00	39.00	24.00
1971	222	780	1,002	9.30	35.00	21.70
1970	220	763	983	9.20	34.30	21.30
1969	246	850	1,096	10.30	38.00	23.70
1968	231	784	1,015	9.70	35.10	21.90
1967	204	729	933	8.60	32.80	20.30
1966	219	673	892	9.20	30.40	19.50
1965	194	717	911	8.20	32.50	20.00
1964	225	683	908	9.60	31.10	20.00
1963	187	686	873	8.00	31.40	19.30
1962	230	764	994	9.90	35.30	22.10
1961	208	714	922	9.00	33.20	20.70
1960	207	701	908	9.00	32.90	20.50

Finland - Intentional self-harm