Hungary - Intentional self-harm 1997

Suicides Hungary 1997

Hungary has a very high suicide rate

In 1997 occurred 3,214 suicides in Hungary. This year, 224 fewer people committed suicide than in 1996. In 1997, on average 9 Hungarians committed suicide every day.

Hungary had 31.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 14.89 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 3,214 recorded suicide cases in 1997, 2,388 were men suicides and 826 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 48.6 per 100,000 men and for women 15.3 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 289 homicides in Hungary, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 11.1 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1997	826	2,388	3,214	15.30	48.60	31.20
1996	916	2,522	3,438	17.00	51.20	33.30
1995	891	2,478	3,369	16.50	50.20	32.60
1994	898	2,727	3,625	16.60	55.10	35.00
1993	979	2,715	3,694	18.10	54.70	35.70
1992	1,061	2,939	4,000	19.70	59.10	38.60
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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