Sweden - Intentional self-harm 1973

Suicides Sweden 1973

Sweden has a very high suicide rate

By 1973, suicides in Sweden increased by 44 people to at 1,690 suicides In 1973, on average 5 Swedes committed suicide every day.

In Sweden there were 20.8 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 11.95 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 1,690 recorded suicide cases in 1973, 1,195 were men suicides and 495 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 29.5 per 100,000 men and for women 12.1 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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Sweden - Intentional self-harm

Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1973	495	1,195	1,690	12.10	29.50	20.80
1972	457	1,189	1,646	11.20	29.40	20.30
1971	497	1,151	1,648	12.30	28.50	20.30
1970	533	1,257	1,790	13.20	31.30	22.30
1969	508	1,242	1,750	12.70	31.20	22.00
1968	462	1,240	1,702	11.70	31.40	21.50
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

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