Spain - Intentional self-harm 2012

Suicides Spain 2012

There are 10 suicides per day in Spain

In 2012 occurred 3,539 suicides in Spain. This year, 359 more people committed suicide than in 2011. In 2012, on average 10 Spaniards committed suicide every day.

Spain had 7.57 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.87 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 3,539 recorded suicide cases in 2012, 2,724 were men suicides and 815 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 11.82 per 100,000 men and for women 3.44 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Spain suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 364 homicides in Spain, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 9.7 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2012	815	2,724	3,539	3.44	11.82	7.57
2011	745	2,435	3,180	3.18	10.74	6.89
2010	690	2,468	3,158	2.95	10.87	6.85
2009	763	2,666	3,429	3.28	11.76	7.47
2008	781	2,676	3,457	3.38	11.89	7.58
2007	800	2,463	3,263	3.52	11.12	7.27
2006	734	2,512	3,246	3.29	11.56	7.37
2005	829	2,570	3,399	3.76	12.03	7.83
2004	856	2,651	3,507	3.94	12.63	8.22
2003	828	2,650	3,478	3.87	12.85	8.28
2002	817	2,554	3,371	3.88	12.60	8.16
2001	759	2,430	3,189	3.66	12.18	7.83
2000	819	2,574	3,393	3.99	13.05	8.43
1999	808	2,410	3,218	3.97	12.33	8.06
1998	762	2,499	3,261	3.80	12.80	8.20
1997	847	2,526	3,373	4.20	13.00	8.50
1996	869	2,451	3,320	4.30	12.70	8.40
1995	749	2,408	3,157	3.70	12.50	8.00
1994	742	2,429	3,171	3.70	12.60	8.10
1993	754	2,283	3,037	3.80	11.80	7.70
1992	682	2,104	2,786	3.40	11.00	7.10
1991	777	2,139	2,916	3.90	11.20	7.50
1990	804	2,135	2,939	4.10	11.20	7.60
1989	774	2,213	2,987	3.90	11.60	7.70
1988	810	2,150	2,960	4.10	11.30	7.60
1987	787	2,017	2,804	4.00	10.60	7.20
1986	723	2,032	2,755	3.70	10.70	7.10
1985	685	1,829	2,514	3.50	9.70	6.50
1984	657	1,836	2,493	3.40	9.80	6.50
1983	588	1,593	2,181	3.00	8.50	5.70
1982	515	1,336	1,851	2.70	7.20	4.90
1981	450	1,268	1,718	2.30	6.80	4.50
1980	415	1,237	1,652	2.20	6.70	4.40
1979	395	1,138	1,533	2.10	6.20	4.10
1978	413	1,094	1,507	2.20	6.10	4.10
1977	397	1,089	1,486	2.10	6.10	4.10
1976	401	1,073	1,474	2.20	6.10	4.10
1975	355	1,011	1,366	1.90	5.80	3.80
1974	399	982	1,381	2.20	5.70	3.90
1973	414	1,043	1,457	2.30	6.10	4.20
1972	400	1,123	1,523	2.30	6.60	4.40
1971	373	1,100	1,473	2.10	6.60	4.30
1969	366	1,110	1,476	2.10	6.80	4.40
1968	388	1,025	1,413	2.30	6.30	4.30
1967	385	1,057	1,442	2.30	6.60	4.40
1966	366	1,114	1,480	2.20	7.10	4.60
1965	404	1,098	1,502	2.50	7.00	4.70
1964	388	1,159	1,547	2.40	7.50	4.90
1963	413	1,119	1,532	2.60	7.30	4.90
1962	394	1,105	1,499	2.50	7.30	4.80
1961	393	1,195	1,588	2.50	8.00	5.20
1960	452	1,218	1,670	2.90	8.20	5.50

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