United Kingdom - Intentional self-harm 1990

Suicides United Kingdom 1990

There are 13 suicides per day in United Kingdom

In 1990 occurred 4,643 suicides in United Kingdom. This year, 282 more people committed suicide than in 1989. In 1990, on average 13 British committed suicide every day.

United Kingdom had 8.1 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 14.95 self-harm per 100.000 people.

United Kingdom has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 4,643 recorded suicide cases in 1990, 3,524 were men suicides and 1,119 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 12.7 per 100,000 men and for women 3.8 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In United Kingdom suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 713 homicides in United Kingdom, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 6.5 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1990	1,119	3,524	4,643	3.80	12.70	8.10
1989	1,127	3,234	4,361	3.80	11.70	7.60
1988	1,360	3,611	4,971	4.60	13.10	8.70
1987	1,331	3,263	4,594	4.60	11.80	8.10
1986	1,448	3,391	4,839	5.00	12.30	8.50
1985	1,684	3,421	5,105	5.80	12.40	9.00
1984	1,651	3,292	4,943	5.70	12.00	8.80
1983	1,683	3,243	4,926	5.80	11.80	8.70
1982	1,731	3,202	4,933	6.00	11.70	8.80
1981	1,857	3,168	5,025	6.40	11.60	8.90
1980	1,915	3,002	4,917	6.60	11.00	8.70
1979	1,855	2,910	4,765	6.40	10.60	8.50
1978	1,783	2,748	4,531	6.20	10.10	8.10
1977	1,789	2,647	4,436	6.20	9.70	7.90
1976	1,693	2,621	4,314	5.90	9.60	7.70
1975	1,730	2,446	4,176	6.00	8.90	7.40
1974	1,819	2,579	4,398	6.30	9.40	7.80
1973	1,794	2,535	4,329	6.20	9.30	7.70
1972	1,771	2,467	4,238	6.10	9.10	7.60
1971	1,858	2,518	4,376	6.50	9.30	7.80
1970	1,855	2,542	4,397	6.50	9.40	7.90
1969	1,988	2,792	4,780	7.00	10.30	8.60
1968	2,108	2,948	5,056	7.40	11.00	9.10
1967	2,153	3,047	5,200	7.60	11.40	9.50
1966	2,370	3,119	5,489	8.40	11.80	10.00
1965	2,430	3,216	5,646	8.70	12.20	10.40
1964	2,605	3,465	6,070	9.40	13.20	11.20
1963	2,597	3,650	6,247	9.40	14.00	11.60
1962	2,532	3,591	6,123	9.20	13.90	11.50
1961	2,352	3,330	5,682	8.60	13.10	10.80
1960	2,221	3,362	5,583	8.20	13.30	10.60

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