Romania - Intentional self-harm 2020

Suicides Romania 2020

There are 5 suicides per day in Romania

In 2020 around 1,734 suicides occurred in Romania, 10 less than in 2019. In 2020, on average 5 Romanians committed suicide every day.

Romania reported 9.14 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.27 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 1,734 recorded suicide cases in 2020, 1,493 were men suicides and 241 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 16.11 per 100,000 men and for women 2.46 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 281 homicides in Romania, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 6.2 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2020	241	1,493	1,734	2.46	16.11	9.14
2019	241	1,503	1,744	2.48	15.93	9.06
2018	321	1,622	1,943	3.25	17.27	10.11
2017	332	1,599	1,931	3.34	16.98	10.01
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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