In 1989 around 4,342 suicides occurred in Italy, 39 less than in 1988. In 1989, on average 12 Italians committed suicide every day.
Italy reported 7.7 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 14.93 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Italy has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 4,342 recorded suicide cases in 1989, 3,124 were men suicides and 1,218 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 11.4 per 100,000 men and for women 4.2 per 100,000 female.
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