Finland - Intentional self-harm 1998

Suicides Finland 1998

Finland has a very high suicide rate

In 1998 occurred 1,228 suicides in Finland. This year, 94 fewer people committed suicide than in 1997. In 1998, on average 3 Finns committed suicide every day.

Finland had 23.8 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 14.84 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 1,228 recorded suicide cases in 1998, 962 were men suicides and 266 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 38.3 per 100,000 men and for women 10.1 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Finland suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 113 homicides in Finland, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 10.9 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1998	266	962	1,228	10.10	38.30	23.80
1997	284	1,038	1,322	10.80	41.40	25.70
1996	282	965	1,247	10.70	38.70	24.30
1995	308	1,080	1,388	11.80	43.40	27.20
1994	307	1,080	1,387	11.80	43.60	27.30
1993	291	1,106	1,397	11.20	44.90	27.60
1992	295	1,156	1,451	11.40	47.20	28.80
1991	303	1,190	1,493	11.70	48.90	29.80
1990	319	1,193	1,512	12.40	49.30	30.30
1989	295	1,118	1,413	11.50	46.40	28.50
1988	295	1,107	1,402	11.60	46.20	28.30
1987	298	1,065	1,363	11.70	44.60	27.60
1986	287	1,023	1,310	11.30	43.00	26.60
1985	248	960	1,208	9.80	40.40	24.60
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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