Italy - Intentional self-harm 2008

Suicides Italy 2008

There are 11 suicides per day in Italy

In 2008 occurred 3,906 suicides in Italy. This year, 149 more people committed suicide than in 2007. In 2008, on average 11 Italians committed suicide every day.

Italy had 6.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.96 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 3,906 recorded suicide cases in 2008, 2,999 were men suicides and 907 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.3 per 100,000 men and for women 2.9 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Italy suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 615 homicides in Italy, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 6.4 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2008	907	2,999	3,906	2.90	10.30	6.50
2007	864	2,893	3,757	2.80	10.00	6.30
2006	859	2,842	3,701	2.80	9.90	6.30
2005	939	2,804	3,743	3.10	10.00	6.50
2004	939	3,048	3,987	3.20	10.90	6.90
2003	997	3,078	4,075	3.40	11.00	7.10
2002	924	3,145	4,069	3.10	11.40	7.10
2001	980	3,050	4,030	3.30	11.10	7.10
2000	1,046	3,062	4,108	3.60	11.10	7.20
1999	1,010	3,105	4,115	3.40	11.30	7.20
1998	1,056	3,448	4,504	3.60	12.50	7.90
1997	1,147	3,547	4,694	3.90	12.90	8.30
1996	1,231	3,458	4,689	4.20	12.50	8.20
1995	1,139	3,430	4,569	3.90	12.40	8.00
1994	1,108	3,411	4,519	3.80	12.40	7.90
1993	1,181	3,516	4,697	4.00	12.80	8.30
1992	1,204	3,339	4,543	4.10	12.10	8.00
1991	1,247	3,206	4,453	4.30	11.60	7.80
1990	1,221	3,181	4,402	4.20	11.60	7.80
1989	1,218	3,124	4,342	4.20	11.40	7.70
1988	1,286	3,095	4,381	4.40	11.30	7.70
1987	1,253	3,263	4,516	4.30	11.90	8.00
1986	1,398	3,293	4,691	4.80	12.00	8.30
1985	1,388	3,371	4,759	4.80	12.30	8.40
1984	1,331	3,123	4,454	4.60	11.40	7.90
1983	1,264	3,041	4,305	4.30	11.10	7.60
1982	1,268	2,929	4,197	4.40	10.70	7.40
1981	1,185	2,748	3,933	4.10	10.00	7.00
1980	1,343	2,812	4,155	4.60	10.20	7.40
1979	1,245	2,725	3,970	4.30	9.90	7.00
1978	1,092	2,565	3,657	3.80	9.40	6.50
1977	1,076	2,448	3,524	3.80	9.00	6.30
1976	1,016	2,183	3,199	3.60	8.00	5.70
1975	981	2,126	3,107	3.50	7.90	5.60
1974	986	1,995	2,981	3.50	7.40	5.40
1973	959	2,167	3,126	3.40	8.10	5.70
1972	1,005	2,177	3,182	3.60	8.20	5.90
1971	1,009	2,211	3,220	3.70	8.40	6.00
1970	966	2,119	3,085	3.50	8.00	5.70
1969	908	2,013	2,921	3.30	7.70	5.50
1968	860	2,003	2,863	3.20	7.70	5.40
1967	868	2,045	2,913	3.20	7.90	5.50
1966	825	1,902	2,727	3.10	7.40	5.20
1965	844	2,018	2,862	3.20	7.90	5.50
1964	839	1,973	2,812	3.20	7.80	5.40
1963	851	1,858	2,709	3.30	7.40	5.30
1962	830	1,941	2,771	3.20	7.80	5.40
1961	868	1,950	2,818	3.40	7.90	5.60
1960	950	2,119	3,069	3.70	8.60	6.10

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