Russia - Intentional self-harm

In 1981 occurred 47,598 suicides in Russia. This year, 329 fewer people committed suicide than in 1980. In 1981, on average 130 Russians committed suicide every day.

Russia had 34.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 15.3 suicides per 100,000 people.

Russia has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 47,598 recorded suicide cases in 1981, 37,824 were men suicides and 9,774 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 58.9 per 100,000 men and for women 13.1 per 100,000 female. In spite of this, it is one of the countries with the highest female suicide rate in the world.

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