In 1962 around 2,771 suicides occurred in Italy, 47 less than in 1961. In 1962, on average 8 Italians committed suicide every day.
Italy reported 5.4 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 11.28 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Italy has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 2,771 recorded suicide cases in 1962, 1,941 were men suicides and 830 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 7.8 per 100,000 men and for women 3.2 per 100,000 female.
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