Iceland - Intentional self-harm 1998

Suicides Iceland 1998

Number of suicides falls in Iceland

In 1998 occurred 30 suicides in Iceland. This year, 3 fewer people committed suicide than in 1997.

Iceland had 10.9 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 14.84 self-harm per 100.000 people.

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

Of the 30 recorded suicide cases in 1998, 23 were men suicides and 7 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 16.8 per 100,000 men and for women 5.1 per 100,000 female.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1998	7	23	30	5.10	16.80	10.90
1997	7	26	33	5.20	19.10	12.20
1996	5	28	33	3.70	20.80	12.30
1995	5	22	27	3.70	16.40	10.10
1994	4	21	25	3.00	15.70	9.40
1993	7	19	26	5.30	14.40	9.90
1992	5	23	28	3.80	17.60	10.70
1991	8	29	37	6.20	22.40	14.40
1990	5	35	40	3.90	27.40	15.70
1989	6	16	22	4.80	12.60	8.70
1988	5	30	35	4.00	23.90	14.00
1987	14	22	36	11.40	17.80	14.60
1986	12	25	37	9.90	20.50	15.20
1985	7	25	32	5.80	20.60	13.30
1984	7	37	44	5.90	30.70	18.40
1983	7	33	40	5.90	27.70	16.90
1982	7	15	22	6.00	12.70	9.40
1981	4	12	16	3.50	10.30	6.90
1980	10	14	24	8.80	12.20	10.50
1979	4	26	30	3.60	22.80	13.30
1978	3	23	26	2.70	20.40	11.60
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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