Ireland - Intentional self-harm

By 1997, suicides in Ireland increased by 58 people to at 466 suicides In Ireland, on average, at least one suicide happens every day.

In Ireland there were 12.7 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 14.89 self-harm per 100.000 people.

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

Of the 466 recorded suicide cases in 1997, 376 were men suicides and 90 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 20.6 per 100,000 men and for women 4.9 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Ireland suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 38 homicides in Ireland, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 12.3 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Ireland
• Ireland economy
• Country suicides ranking