Poland - Intentional self-harm 2003

Suicides Poland 2003

There are 16 suicides per day in Poland

In 2003 occurred 5,834 suicides in Poland. This year, 90 fewer people committed suicide than in 2002. In 2003, on average 16 Poles committed suicide every day.

Poland had 15.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10.69 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 5,834 recorded suicide cases in 2003, 4,946 were men suicides and 888 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 26.7 per 100,000 men and for women 4.5 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Poland suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 662 homicides in Poland, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 8.8 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2003	888	4,946	5,834	4.50	26.70	15.30
2002	992	4,932	5,924	5.00	26.60	15.50
2001	850	5,005	5,855	4.30	27.00	15.30
2000	972	4,869	5,841	4.90	26.30	15.30
1999	884	4,894	5,778	4.50	26.20	15.00
1996	909	4,537	5,446	4.60	24.10	14.10
1995	937	4,562	5,499	4.70	24.30	14.20
1994	891	4,628	5,519	4.50	24.70	14.30
1993	983	4,641	5,624	5.00	24.80	14.60
1992	981	4,732	5,713	5.00	25.30	14.90
1991	868	4,448	5,316	4.40	23.90	13.90
1990	879	4,091	4,970	4.50	22.00	13.00
1989	727	3,580	4,307	3.70	19.40	11.30
1988	841	3,791	4,632	4.30	20.50	12.20
1987	910	4,102	5,012	4.70	22.30	13.30
1986	849	4,017	4,866	4.40	22.00	13.00
1985	853	4,092	4,945	4.50	22.60	13.30
1984	925	4,242	5,167	4.90	23.60	14.00
1983	805	3,730	4,535	4.30	20.90	12.40
1979	732	3,766	4,498	4.00	21.90	12.80
1978	756	3,884	4,640	4.20	22.80	13.30
1977	726	3,564	4,290	4.10	21.10	12.40
1976	713	3,438	4,151	4.00	20.60	12.10
1975	654	3,216	3,870	3.70	19.40	11.40
1974	736	3,081	3,817	4.30	18.80	11.30
1973	741	3,171	3,912	4.30	19.60	11.70
1972	705	3,255	3,960	4.10	20.30	12.00
1971	687	3,139	3,826	4.10	19.70	11.70
1970	676	2,985	3,661	4.00	18.90	11.20
1969	698	2,940	3,638	4.20	18.60	11.20
1968	616	2,804	3,420	3.70	17.90	10.60
1967	589	2,679	3,268	3.60	17.30	10.20
1966	552	2,577	3,129	3.40	16.70	9.90
1965	546	2,281	2,827	3.40	14.90	9.00
1964	545	2,108	2,653	3.40	13.90	8.50
1963	468	2,108	2,576	3.00	14.20	8.40
1962	573	2,245	2,818	3.70	15.30	9.30
1961	506	2,137	2,643	3.30	14.70	8.80
1960	449	1,925	2,374	2.90	13.50	8.00

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