Luxembourg - Intentional self-harm 2008

Suicides Luxembourg 2008

Suicides decreased in Luxembourg

In 2008 around 43 suicides occurred in Luxembourg, 35 less than in 2007.

Luxembourg reported 8.8 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.96 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 43 recorded suicide cases in 2008, 35 were men suicides and 8 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 14.4 per 100,000 men and for women 3.2 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Luxembourg suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 8 homicides in Luxembourg, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 5.4 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2008	8	35	43	3.20	14.40	8.80
2007	25	53	78	10.30	22.30	16.30
2006	18	47	65	7.50	20.10	13.80
2005	10	39	49	4.30	16.90	10.50
2004	17	45	62	7.30	19.90	13.50
2003	8	40	48	3.50	17.90	10.60
2002	22	63	85	9.70	28.60	19.10
2001	23	50	73	10.30	23.00	16.50
2000	15	47	62	6.80	21.90	14.20
1999	21	49	70	9.60	23.10	16.30
1998	16	48	64	7.40	23.00	15.10
1997	21	60	81	9.80	29.10	19.30
1996	19	53	72	9.00	26.10	17.40
1995	18	45	63	8.70	22.40	15.40
1994	13	61	74	6.30	30.80	18.40
1993	16	48	64	7.90	24.60	16.10
1992	30	29	59	15.00	15.10	15.00
1991	23	54	77	11.70	28.50	19.90
1990	21	47	68	10.80	25.20	17.80
1989	19	55	74	9.80	29.90	19.60
1988	17	52	69	8.90	28.60	18.50
1987	29	45	74	15.20	24.90	20.00
1986	14	37	51	7.40	20.70	13.80
1985	16	39	55	8.50	21.90	15.00
1984	22	47	69	11.70	26.40	18.90
1983	22	59	81	11.70	33.20	22.20
1982	18	60	78	9.60	33.70	21.30
1981	16	45	61	8.60	25.30	16.70
1980	12	35	47	6.50	19.70	12.90
1979	25	48	73	13.50	26.90	20.10
1978	17	49	66	9.30	27.50	18.20
1977	18	40	58	9.80	22.40	16.10
1976	18	34	52	9.90	19.00	14.40
1975	12	26	38	6.60	14.60	10.60
1974	13	33	46	7.20	18.80	13.00
1973	14	33	47	7.90	19.10	13.40
1972	17	35	52	9.70	20.50	15.00
1971	10	38	48	5.70	22.60	14.00
1970	13	35	48	7.50	21.00	14.20
1969	14	38	52	8.10	22.90	15.40
1968	9	33	42	5.30	20.00	12.50
1967	16	29	45	9.40	17.60	13.40

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