In 1987 around 1,363 suicides occurred in Finland, 53 more than in 1986. In 1987, on average 4 Finns committed suicide every day.
Finland reported 27.6 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 15.56 suicides per 100,000 people.
Finland has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 1,363 recorded suicide cases in 1987, 1,065 were men suicides and 298 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 44.6 per 100,000 men and for women 11.7 per 100,000 female.
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