Switzerland - Intentional self-harm 1988

Suicides Switzerland 1988

There are 4 suicides per day in Switzerland

By 1988, suicides in Switzerland increased by 100 people to at 1,476 suicides In 1988, on average 4 Swiss committed suicide every day.

In Switzerland there were 22.4 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 15.07 suicides per 100,000 people.

Switzerland has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 1,476 recorded suicide cases in 1988, 1,041 were men suicides and 435 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 32.4 per 100,000 men and for women 12.9 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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Switzerland - Intentional self-harm

Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1988	435	1,041	1,476	12.90	32.40	22.40
1987	458	1,118	1,576	13.70	35.00	24.10
1986	441	1,045	1,486	13.20	33.00	22.80
1985	503	1,117	1,620	15.20	35.40	25.00
1984	466	1,134	1,600	14.10	36.10	24.80
1983	464	1,157	1,621	14.10	37.00	25.30
1982	479	1,095	1,574	14.60	35.20	24.60
1981	471	1,041	1,512	14.40	33.70	23.80
1980	493	1,128	1,621	15.20	36.70	25.70
1979	500	1,060	1,560	15.50	34.60	24.80
1978	463	1,052	1,515	14.40	34.40	24.10
1977	461	1,044	1,505	14.30	34.10	24.00
1976	409	988	1,397	12.70	32.20	22.20
1975	421	1,008	1,429	13.00	32.60	22.50
1974	406	903	1,309	12.50	29.20	20.60
1973	344	847	1,191	10.70	27.50	18.90
1972	359	867	1,226	11.20	28.40	19.60
1971	362	798	1,160	11.40	26.30	18.70
1970	320	830	1,150	10.10	27.50	18.60
1969	307	760	1,067	9.80	25.40	17.40
1968	296	752	1,048	9.50	25.40	17.30
1967	279	774	1,053	9.10	26.50	17.60
1966	312	777	1,089	10.30	26.90	18.40
1965	289	789	1,078	9.60	27.70	18.40
1964	294	689	983	9.90	24.50	17.00
1963	276	695	971	9.40	25.10	17.10
1962	296	753	1,049	10.30	27.80	18.80
1961	306	695	1,001	10.90	26.40	18.40
1960	298	719	1,017	10.80	27.90	19.10

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