Iceland - Intentional self-harm 1977

Suicides Iceland 1977

Suicides increase in Iceland

In 1977 occurred 23 suicides in Iceland. This year, 4 more people committed suicide than in 1976.

Iceland had 10.4 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 12.83 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Iceland has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 23 recorded suicide cases in 1977, 19 were men suicides and 4 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 17 per 100,000 men and for women 3.6 per 100,000 female.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1977	4	19	23	3.60	17.00	10.40
1976	4	15	19	3.70	13.50	8.60
1975	8	14	22	7.40	12.70	10.10
1974	6	16	22	5.60	14.70	10.20
1973	6	22	28	5.70	20.50	13.20
1972	6	12	18	5.80	11.40	8.60
1971	2	9	11	2.00	8.60	5.30
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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