In 1962 around 6,123 suicides occurred in United Kingdom, 441 more than in 1961. In 1962, on average 17 British committed suicide every day.
United Kingdom reported 11.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 11.28 suicides per 100,000 people.
United Kingdom, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 6,123 recorded suicide cases in 1962, 3,591 were men suicides and 2,532 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.9 per 100,000 men and for women 9.2 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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