Israel - Intentional self-harm 2003

Suicides Israel 2003

Suicides increase in Israel

In 2003 occurred 417 suicides in Israel. This year, 37 more people committed suicide than in 2002. In Israel, on average, at least one suicide happens every day.

Israel had 6.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.69 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 417 recorded suicide cases in 2003, 345 were men suicides and 72 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.4 per 100,000 men and for women 2.1 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 171 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
2003	72	345	417	2.10	10.40	6.20
2002	89	291	380	2.70	9.00	5.80
2001	75	323	398	2.30	10.20	6.20
2000	87	307	394	2.70	9.90	6.30
1999	71	297	368	2.30	9.80	6.00
1998	78	239	317	2.60	8.10	5.30
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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