Iceland - Intentional self-harm

In 2011 occurred 27 suicides in Iceland. This year, 19 fewer people committed suicide than in 2010.

Iceland had 8.46 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.82 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 27 recorded suicide cases in 2011, 22 were men suicides and 5 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.73 per 100,000 men and for women 3.15 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 3 homicides in Iceland, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 9 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Iceland
• Iceland economy
• Country suicides ranking