Sweden - Intentional self-harm 1974

Suicides Sweden 1974

Sweden has a very high suicide rate

In 1974 occurred 1,637 suicides in Sweden. This year, 53 fewer people committed suicide than in 1973. In 1974, on average 4 Swedes committed suicide every day.

Sweden had 20.1 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 12.42 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 1,637 recorded suicide cases in 1974, 1,165 were men suicides and 472 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 28.7 per 100,000 men and for women 11.5 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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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1974	472	1,165	1,637	11.50	28.70	20.10
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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