Iceland - Intentional self-harm 1970

Suicides Iceland 1970

Suicides increase in Iceland

In 1970 occurred 27 suicides in Iceland. This year, 7 more people committed suicide than in 1969.

Iceland had 13.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 11.8 suicides per 100,000 people.

Iceland, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.

Of the 27 recorded suicide cases in 1970, 23 were men suicides and 4 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 22.3 per 100,000 men and for women 4 per 100,000 female.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1970	4	23	27	4.00	22.30	13.20
1969	6	14	20	6.00	13.60	9.80
1968	2	13	15	2.00	12.80	7.40
1967	8	24	32	8.10	23.90	16.10
1966	6	31	37	6.20	31.40	18.90
1965	3	19	22	3.20	19.60	11.40
1964	2	15	17	2.10	15.70	9.00
1963	3	12	15	3.30	12.80	8.10
1962	4	13	17	4.40	14.10	9.30
1961	5	14	19	5.60	15.50	10.60
1960	6	8	14	6.90	9.00	8.00

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