In 1961 around 2,818 suicides occurred in Italy, 251 less than in 1960. In 1961, on average 8 Italians committed suicide every day.
Italy reported 5.6 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 11.25 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Italy has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 2,818 recorded suicide cases in 1961, 1,950 were men suicides and 868 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 7.9 per 100,000 men and for women 3.4 per 100,000 female.
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