Hungary - Intentional self-harm 1991

Suicides Hungary 1991

Hungary has the highest suicide rate in the world

In 1991 around 3,993 suicides occurred in Hungary, 140 less than in 1990. In 1991, on average 11 Hungarians committed suicide every day.

Hungary reported 38.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 15.11 suicides per 100,000 people.

Hungary has the highest suicide rate in the world.

Of the 3,993 recorded suicide cases in 1991, 2,880 were men suicides and 1,113 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 57.9 per 100,000 men and for women 20.6 per 100,000 female In spite of this, it is the country with the highest female suicide rate in the world.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Hungary suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 307 homicides in Hungary, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 13 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1991	1,113	2,880	3,993	20.60	57.90	38.50
1990	1,153	2,980	4,133	21.40	59.80	39.80
1989	1,264	3,132	4,396	23.30	62.10	41.90
1988	1,405	2,972	4,377	25.60	58.10	41.30
1987	1,405	3,377	4,782	25.60	65.90	45.10
1986	1,424	3,393	4,817	25.90	66.10	45.30
1985	1,278	3,447	4,725	23.20	67.00	44.40
1984	1,414	3,486	4,900	25.70	67.60	45.90
1983	1,456	3,455	4,911	26.40	66.80	45.90
1982	1,445	3,214	4,659	26.20	62.00	43.50
1981	1,587	3,293	4,880	28.70	63.50	45.60
1980	1,465	3,344	4,809	26.50	64.50	44.90
1979	1,466	3,304	4,770	26.60	63.70	44.60
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

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