Iceland - Intentional self-harm 2009

Suicides Iceland 2009

Number of suicides falls in Iceland

In 2009 occurred 36 suicides in Iceland. This year, 2 fewer people committed suicide than in 2008.

Iceland had 11.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 36 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 29 were men suicides and 7 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 18 per 100,000 men and for women 4.4 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Iceland suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 1 homicides in Iceland, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 36 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2009	7	29	36	4.40	18.00	11.30
2008	11	27	38	7.10	16.70	12.00
2007	7	30	37	4.60	18.90	11.90
2006	10	22	32	6.70	14.30	10.50
2005	9	24	33	6.10	16.10	11.10
2004	9	26	35	6.20	17.80	12.00
2003	6	20	26	4.10	13.80	9.00
2002	10	20	30	7.00	13.90	10.40
2001	8	28	36	5.60	19.60	12.60
2000	8	42	50	5.70	29.80	17.80
1999	7	24	31	5.10	17.30	11.20
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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