In 1987 around 1,541 suicides occurred in Sweden, 8 less than in 1986. In 1987, on average 4 Swedes committed suicide every day.
Sweden reported 18.4 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 15.56 suicides per 100,000 people.
Sweden, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 1,541 recorded suicide cases in 1987, 1,077 were men suicides and 464 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 26 per 100,000 men and for women 10.9 per 100,000 female.
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