Hungary - Intentional self-harm 2001

Suicides Hungary 2001

Hungary has a very high suicide rate

In 2001 occurred 2,979 suicides in Hungary. This year, 290 fewer people committed suicide than in 2000. In 2001, on average 8 Hungarians committed suicide every day.

Hungary had 29.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 10.88 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 2,979 recorded suicide cases in 2001, 2,282 were men suicides and 697 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 47.1 per 100,000 men and for women 13 per 100,000 female. In spite of this, it is one of the countries 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 254 homicides in Hungary, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 11.7 suicides.

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Hungary - Intentional self-harm

Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2001	697	2,282	2,979	13.00	47.10	29.20
2000	806	2,463	3,269	15.10	50.70	32.00
1999	778	2,550	3,328	14.50	52.30	32.50
1998	778	2,469	3,247	14.50	50.50	31.60
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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