Romania - Intentional self-harm 2016

Suicides Romania 2016

There are 5 suicides per day in Romania

In 2016 occurred 1,974 suicides in Romania. This year, 251 fewer people committed suicide than in 2015. In 2016, on average 5 Romanians committed suicide every day.

Romania had 10.11 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.41 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 1,974 recorded suicide cases in 2016, 1,656 were men suicides and 318 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 17.37 per 100,000 men and for women 3.17 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 306 homicides in Romania, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 6.5 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2016	318	1,656	1,974	3.17	17.37	10.11
2015	342	1,883	2,225	3.39	19.71	11.36
2014	322	1,879	2,201	3.21	19.61	11.22
2013	363	2,042	2,405	3.60	21.16	12.17
2012	353	2,140	2,493	3.44	22.15	12.55
2011	395	2,143	2,538	3.90	22.18	12.80
2010	462	2,304	2,766	4.40	23.50	13.70
2009	389	2,197	2,586	3.70	22.30	12.70
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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