Sweden - Intentional self-harm 2011

Suicides Sweden 2011

There are 3 suicides per day in Sweden

In 2011 occurred 1,114 suicides in Sweden. This year, 27 fewer people committed suicide than in 2010. In 2011, on average 3 Swedes committed suicide every day.

Sweden had 11.78 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.82 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 1,114 recorded suicide cases in 2011, 791 were men suicides and 323 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 16.78 per 100,000 men and for women 6.81 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Sweden suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 81 homicides in Sweden, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 13.8 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2011	323	791	1,114	6.81	16.78	11.78
2010	303	838	1,141	6.40	17.90	12.20
2009	354	888	1,242	7.60	19.20	13.40
2008	315	855	1,170	6.80	18.70	12.70
2007	325	801	1,126	7.10	17.60	12.30
2006	380	817	1,197	8.30	18.10	13.20
2005	384	835	1,219	8.40	18.70	13.50
2004	321	834	1,155	7.10	18.70	12.80
2003	336	776	1,112	7.40	17.50	12.40
2002	318	862	1,180	7.10	19.50	13.20
2001	364	833	1,197	8.10	18.90	13.50
2000	329	802	1,131	7.30	18.30	12.70
1999	358	862	1,220	8.00	19.70	13.80
1998	349	882	1,231	7.80	20.20	13.90
1997	344	857	1,201	7.70	19.60	13.60
1996	381	872	1,253	8.50	20.00	14.20
1995	412	936	1,348	9.20	21.50	15.30
1994	395	929	1,324	8.90	21.40	15.10
1993	417	956	1,373	9.50	22.20	15.70
1992	419	936	1,355	9.60	21.90	15.60
1991	447	1,036	1,483	10.30	24.30	17.20
1990	451	1,020	1,471	10.40	24.10	17.20
1989	457	1,122	1,579	10.60	26.80	18.60
1988	492	1,098	1,590	11.50	26.40	18.80
1987	464	1,077	1,541	10.90	26.00	18.40
1986	430	1,119	1,549	10.10	27.10	18.50
1985	487	1,029	1,516	11.50	25.00	18.20
1984	498	1,127	1,625	11.80	27.40	19.50
1983	458	1,122	1,580	10.90	27.30	19.00
1982	472	1,144	1,616	11.20	27.80	19.40
1981	445	1,015	1,460	10.60	24.60	17.50
1980	473	1,137	1,610	11.30	27.60	19.40
1979	540	1,163	1,703	12.90	28.30	20.50
1978	493	1,082	1,575	11.80	26.30	19.00
1977	467	1,159	1,626	11.20	28.30	19.70
1976	470	1,088	1,558	11.40	26.60	18.90
1975	460	1,130	1,590	11.20	27.70	19.40
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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