Israel - Intentional self-harm 1997

Suicides Israel 1997

Suicides grow in Israel

By 1997, suicides in Israel increased by 73 people to at 379 suicides In Israel, on average, at least one suicide happens every day.

In Israel there were 6.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 14.89 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Israel has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 379 recorded suicide cases in 1997, 301 were men suicides and 78 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.5 per 100,000 men and for women 2.6 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Israel suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 156 homicides in Israel, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.4 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1997	78	301	379	2.60	10.50	6.50
1996	75	231	306	2.60	8.20	5.40
1995	102	258	360	3.60	9.40	6.50
1994	112	304	416	4.10	11.40	7.70
1993	99	272	371	3.70	10.40	7.10
1992	103	278	381	4.00	10.90	7.40
1991	97	262	359	3.90	10.70	7.30
1990	84	220	304	3.60	9.50	6.50
1989	105	248	353	4.60	11.00	7.80
1988	89	214	303	4.00	9.70	6.80
1987	78	193	271	3.60	8.90	6.20
1986	96	182	278	4.50	8.50	6.50
1985	75	159	234	3.50	7.50	5.50
1984	74	152	226	3.60	7.30	5.40
1983	80	165	245	3.90	8.00	6.00
1982	82	126	208	4.10	6.30	5.20
1981	78	132	210	3.90	6.70	5.30
1980	74	157	231	3.80	8.10	6.00
1979	88	163	251	4.60	8.60	6.60
1978	87	121	208	4.70	6.60	5.60
1977	87	149	236	4.80	8.20	6.50
1976	96	159	255	5.40	9.00	7.20
1975	111	149	260	6.40	8.60	7.50

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