Romania - Intentional self-harm 2008

Suicides Romania 2008

There are 7 suicides per day in Romania

In 2008 around 2,472 suicides occurred in Romania, 42 more than in 2007. In 2008, on average 7 Romanians committed suicide every day.

Romania reported 12 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.96 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 2,472 recorded suicide cases in 2008, 2,026 were men suicides and 446 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 20.3 per 100,000 men and for women 4.2 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Romania suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 302 homicides in Romania, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 8.2 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2008	446	2,026	2,472	4.20	20.30	12.00
2007	446	1,984	2,430	4.20	19.60	11.60
2006	481	2,240	2,721	4.40	21.70	12.80
2005	470	2,133	2,603	4.30	20.60	12.20
2004	409	2,239	2,648	3.70	21.50	12.30
2003	508	2,386	2,894	4.60	22.70	13.40
2002	528	2,539	3,067	4.70	24.00	14.10
2001	442	2,278	2,720	3.90	21.10	12.30
2000	511	2,325	2,836	4.50	21.20	12.60
1999	501	2,235	2,736	4.40	20.30	12.20
1998	488	2,350	2,838	4.20	21.30	12.60
1997	484	2,375	2,859	4.20	21.50	12.70
1996	493	2,335	2,828	4.30	21.10	12.50
1995	537	2,256	2,793	4.60	20.30	12.30
1994	589	2,298	2,887	5.10	20.60	12.70
1993	583	2,191	2,774	5.00	19.60	12.20
1992	573	2,077	2,650	4.90	18.50	11.60
1991	523	1,638	2,161	4.50	14.50	9.40
1990	556	1,523	2,079	4.70	13.30	9.00
1989	643	1,886	2,529	5.50	16.50	10.90

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