Lithuania - Intentional self-harm 2009

Suicides Lithuania 2009

Lithuania has the highest suicide rate in the world

In 2009 around 1,138 suicides occurred in Lithuania, 27 more than in 2008. In 2009, on average 3 Lithuanians committed suicide every day.

Lithuania reported 36 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 10 suicides per 100,000 people.

Lithuania has the highest suicide rate in the world.

Of the 1,138 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 952 were men suicides and 186 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 65.1 per 100,000 men and for women 10.9 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Lithuania suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 252 homicides in Lithuania, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 4.5 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2009	186	952	1,138	10.90	65.10	36.00
2008	193	918	1,111	11.20	62.00	34.70
2007	177	848	1,025	10.20	56.60	31.70
2006	196	853	1,049	11.20	56.20	32.10
2005	235	1,084	1,319	13.20	70.10	39.70
2004	257	1,124	1,381	14.20	71.40	40.90
2003	256	1,199	1,455	14.00	75.30	42.60
2002	243	1,309	1,552	13.20	81.40	45.10
2001	278	1,257	1,535	15.00	77.50	44.20
2000	314	1,317	1,631	16.90	80.40	46.60
1999	265	1,287	1,552	14.10	78.00	44.00
1998	268	1,287	1,555	14.20	77.30	43.80
1997	284	1,348	1,632	15.00	80.30	45.60
1996	334	1,389	1,723	17.50	82.00	47.80
1995	306	1,388	1,694	15.90	81.20	46.70
1994	262	1,441	1,703	13.60	83.50	46.60
1993	274	1,298	1,572	14.10	74.60	42.70
1992	271	1,023	1,294	13.90	58.50	35.00
1991	221	921	1,142	11.30	52.60	30.80
1990	190	779	969	9.80	44.50	26.20
1989	189	811	1,000	9.70	46.50	27.10
1988	235	737	972	12.20	42.60	26.60
1987	218	833	1,051	11.40	48.80	29.10
1986	192	719	911	10.20	42.60	25.50
1985	242	968	1,210	12.90	58.00	34.10
1982	225	948	1,173	12.30	58.30	33.90
1981	195	960	1,155	10.70	59.40	33.60

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