Iceland - Intentional self-harm 2010

Suicides Iceland 2010

Suicides grow in Iceland

By 2010, suicides in Iceland increased by 10 people to at 46 suicides

In Iceland there were 14.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.89 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 46 recorded suicide cases in 2010, 36 were men suicides and 10 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 22.5 per 100,000 men and for women 6.3 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 2 homicides in Iceland, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 23 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2010	10	36	46	6.30	22.50	14.50
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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