Sweden - Intentional self-harm

In 1961 occurred 1,273 suicides in Sweden. This year, 32 fewer people committed suicide than in 1960. In 1961, on average 3 Swedes committed suicide every day.

Sweden had 16.9 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 11.25 suicides per 100,000 people.

Sweden, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.

Of the 1,273 recorded suicide cases in 1961, 960 were men suicides and 313 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 25.6 per 100,000 men and for women 8.3 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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