Finland - Intentional self-harm 1979

Suicides Finland 1979

Finland has a very high suicide rate

By 1979, suicides in Finland increased by 22 people to at 1,178 suicides In 1979, on average 3 Finns committed suicide every day.

In Finland there were 24.7 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 13.17 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 1,178 recorded suicide cases in 1979, 936 were men suicides and 242 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 40.6 per 100,000 men and for women 9.8 per 100,000 female.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1979	242	936	1,178	9.80	40.60	24.70
1978	237	963	1,200	9.70	41.90	25.20
1977	260	962	1,222	10.60	42.00	25.80
1976	251	967	1,218	10.30	42.30	25.80
1975	254	924	1,178	10.40	40.60	25.00
1974	255	921	1,176	10.50	40.60	25.10
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

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