Sweden - Intentional self-harm 1967

Suicides Sweden 1967

Sweden has a very high suicide rate

By 1967, suicides in Sweden increased by 136 people to at 1,702 suicides In 1967, on average 5 Swedes committed suicide every day.

In Sweden there were 21.6 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 11.69 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 1,702 recorded suicide cases in 1967, 1,254 were men suicides and 448 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 31.9 per 100,000 men and for women 11.4 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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Sweden - Intentional self-harm

Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1967	448	1,254	1,702	11.40	31.90	21.60
1966	421	1,145	1,566	10.80	29.40	20.10
1965	391	1,068	1,459	10.10	27.70	18.90
1964	418	1,096	1,514	10.90	28.70	19.80
1963	378	1,028	1,406	9.90	27.10	18.50
1962	353	1,043	1,396	9.30	27.60	18.50
1961	313	960	1,273	8.30	25.60	16.90
1960	324	981	1,305	8.60	26.30	17.40

Sweden - Intentional self-harm