Hungary - Intentional self-harm 1978

Suicides Hungary 1978

Hungary has the highest suicide rate in the world

By 1978, suicides in Hungary increased by 318 people to at 4,610 suicides In 1978, on average 13 Hungarians committed suicide every day.

In Hungary there were 43.1 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 12.98 suicides per 100,000 people.

Hungary has the highest suicide rate in the world.

Of the 4,610 recorded suicide cases in 1978, 3,133 were men suicides and 1,477 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 60.4 per 100,000 men and for women 26.9 per 100,000 female In spite of this, it is the country with the highest female suicide rate in the world.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1978	1,477	3,133	4,610	26.90	60.40	43.10
1977	1,398	2,894	4,292	25.50	56.00	40.30
1976	1,327	2,980	4,307	24.30	57.90	40.60
1975	1,200	2,852	4,052	22.10	55.80	38.40
1974	1,271	2,991	4,262	23.60	58.90	40.70
1973	1,156	2,689	3,845	21.50	53.20	36.90
1972	1,148	2,692	3,840	21.40	53.40	36.90
1971	1,124	2,613	3,737	21.00	52.00	36.00
1970	1,056	2,539	3,595	19.80	50.70	34.80
1969	1,005	2,406	3,411	18.90	48.20	33.10
1968	1,023	2,437	3,460	19.30	49.10	33.70
1967	973	2,227	3,200	18.40	45.10	31.30
1966	944	2,067	3,011	18.00	42.00	29.60
1965	939	2,090	3,029	17.90	42.60	29.80
1964	892	1,998	2,890	17.10	40.90	28.60
1963	874	1,825	2,699	16.80	37.50	26.80
1962	775	1,727	2,502	14.90	35.60	24.90
1961	794	1,758	2,552	15.30	36.30	25.40
1960	772	1,721	2,493	14.90	35.70	25.00

Hungary - Intentional self-harm