Netherlands - Intentional self-harm 2016

Suicides Netherlands 2016

There are 5 suicides per day in Netherlands

In 2016 occurred 1,957 suicides in Netherlands. This year, 16 more people committed suicide than in 2015. In 2016, on average 5 Dutch committed suicide every day.

Netherlands had 11.22 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.41 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 1,957 recorded suicide cases in 2016, 1,333 were men suicides and 624 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 15.31 per 100,000 men and for women 7.19 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Netherlands suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 94 homicides in Netherlands, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 20.8 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2016	624	1,333	1,957	7.19	15.31	11.22
2015	599	1,341	1,941	6.95	15.60	11.24
2014	600	1,296	1,897	6.98	15.21	11.06
2013	559	1,365	1,924	6.54	16.02	11.24
2012	577	1,256	1,835	6.80	14.47	10.59
2011	524	1,183	1,709	6.11	13.83	9.93
2010	477	1,127	1,604	5.70	13.70	9.70
2009	462	1,068	1,530	5.50	13.10	9.30
2008	448	991	1,439	5.40	12.20	8.80
2007	410	944	1,354	5.00	11.70	8.30
2006	478	1,046	1,524	5.80	12.90	9.30
2005	499	1,073	1,572	6.00	13.30	9.60
2004	492	1,022	1,514	6.00	12.70	9.30
2003	484	1,016	1,500	5.90	12.70	9.20
2002	505	1,062	1,567	6.20	13.30	9.70
2001	463	1,010	1,473	5.70	12.70	9.20
2000	501	999	1,500	6.20	12.70	9.40
1999	502	1,015	1,517	6.30	13.00	9.60
1998	517	1,002	1,519	6.50	12.90	9.70
1997	528	1,042	1,570	6.70	13.50	10.10
1996	534	1,043	1,577	6.80	13.60	10.20
1995	511	1,000	1,511	6.50	13.10	9.80
1994	500	1,084	1,584	6.40	14.30	10.30
1993	535	1,020	1,555	6.90	13.50	10.20
1992	546	1,041	1,587	7.10	13.90	10.50
1991	578	1,033	1,611	7.60	13.90	10.70
1990	541	909	1,450	7.20	12.30	9.70
1989	567	953	1,520	7.50	13.00	10.20
1988	558	965	1,523	7.50	13.20	10.30
1987	621	995	1,616	8.40	13.70	11.00
1986	606	998	1,604	8.20	13.90	11.00
1985	590	1,048	1,638	8.10	14.60	11.30
1984	699	1,083	1,782	9.60	15.20	12.40
1983	681	1,039	1,720	9.40	14.60	12.00
1982	612	923	1,535	8.50	13.00	10.70
1981	566	865	1,431	7.90	12.20	10.00
1980	529	901	1,430	7.40	12.80	10.10
1979	644	821	1,465	9.10	11.80	10.40
1978	577	769	1,346	8.20	11.10	9.70
1977	480	794	1,274	6.90	11.50	9.20
1976	487	813	1,300	7.00	11.90	9.40
1975	483	736	1,219	7.00	10.80	8.90
1974	504	743	1,247	7.40	11.00	9.20
1973	502	662	1,164	7.40	9.90	8.70
1972	431	663	1,094	6.50	10.00	8.20
1971	446	644	1,090	6.70	9.80	8.30
1970	403	647	1,050	6.20	9.90	8.10
1969	360	582	942	5.60	9.10	7.30
1968	298	505	803	4.70	8.00	6.30
1967	286	498	784	4.50	7.90	6.20
1966	328	553	881	5.30	8.90	7.10
1965	326	524	850	5.30	8.50	6.90
1964	297	495	792	4.90	8.20	6.50
1963	273	469	742	4.50	7.90	6.20
1962	314	468	782	5.30	8.00	6.60
1961	277	497	774	4.70	8.60	6.70
1960	294	468	762	5.10	8.20	6.60

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