Finland - Intentional self-harm 1984

Suicides Finland 1984

Finland has a very high suicide rate

In 1984 around 1,231 suicides occurred in Finland, 48 more than in 1983. In 1984, on average 3 Finns committed suicide every day.

Finland reported 25.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 15.98 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 1,231 recorded suicide cases in 1984, 979 were men suicides and 252 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 41.4 per 100,000 men and for women 10 per 100,000 female.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1984	252	979	1,231	10.00	41.40	25.20
1983	247	936	1,183	9.90	39.80	24.40
1982	264	898	1,162	10.60	38.50	24.10
1981	239	904	1,143	9.60	38.90	23.80
1980	264	962	1,226	10.70	41.60	25.70
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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