Russia - Intentional self-harm 1988

Suicides Russia 1988

Russia has a very high suicide rate

In 1988 occurred 35,664 suicides in Russia. This year, 1,808 more people committed suicide than in 1987. In 1988, on average 98 Russians committed suicide every day.

Russia had 24.4 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 15.07 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 35,664 recorded suicide cases in 1988, 26,769 were men suicides and 8,895 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 39.3 per 100,000 men and for women 11.4 per 100,000 female.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1988	8,895	26,769	35,664	11.40	39.30	24.40
1987	8,553	25,303	33,856	11.00	37.40	23.30
1986	8,539	24,722	33,261	11.10	36.90	23.10
1985	9,440	35,122	44,562	12.30	52.90	31.20
1982	9,874	38,857	48,731	13.10	60.00	34.80
1981	9,774	37,824	47,598	13.10	58.90	34.20
1980	10,154	37,773	47,927	13.70	59.30	34.70

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