In Sweden there were 18.8 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 15.07 suicides per 100,000 people.
Sweden has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 1,590 recorded suicide cases in 1988, 1,098 were men suicides and 492 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 26.4 per 100,000 men and for women 11.5 per 100,000 female.
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