Switzerland - Intentional self-harm

In 1962 occurred 1,049 suicides in Switzerland. This year, 48 more people committed suicide than in 1961. On average, there are 3 suicides per day.

Switzerland had 18.8 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 11.28 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 1,049 recorded suicide cases in 1962, 753 were men suicides and 296 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 27.8 per 100,000 men and for women 10.3 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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