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Table 1 Suicide mortality: some international comparisons-suicide rates per 100.000 inhabitants 1993–2010

From: Social complexity, modernity and suicide: an assessment of Durkheim’s suicide from the perspective of a non-linear analysis of complex social systems

 

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

  

Austria

21.4

22.2

22.1

22.0

19.4

19.2

18.9

19.4

  

Belgium

21.3

21.0

21.1

19.6

20.9

19.6

17.8

  

Denmark

22.1

18.9

17.5

16.8

15.4

14.2

14.2

13.5

  

Finland

27.4

27.2

26.9

24.0

25.5

23.5

23.1

22.1

  

France

21.6

21.0

20.4

19.4

19.0

18.0

17.5

18.2

  

Germany

15.2

15.2

15.3

14.4

14.4

13.6

12.9

12.8

  

Greece

4.0

3.4

3.5

3.3

3.4

3.6

3.4

3.4

  

Ireland

10.0

11.9

11.8

11.6

13.1

13.7

11.6

12.3

  

Iceland

10.9

10.2

10.7

13.5

13.7

11.3

11.4

18.1

  

Italy (a)

8.3

8.1

8.1

8.3

8.3

8.0

7.3

7.3

  

Italy (b)

7.3

7.0

6.9

6.5

6.1

6.0

5.3

5.5

  

Norway

13.7

12.4

12.7

11.8

12.3

12.5

13.4

12.3

  

Netherlands

10.3

10.4

9.8

10.2

10.1

9.6

9.6

9.4

  

Portugal

8.1

7.9

8.2

6.7

6.2

5.4

5.3

5.0

  

UK

7.7

7.5

7.4

7.1

7.0

7.4

7.5

  

Spain

8.0

8.2

8.0

8.4

8.4

8.0

7.8

8.1

  

Sweden

15.6

14.8

15.1

13.9

13.4

13.6

13.5

12.4

  

Switzerland

20.2

21.3

20.1

20.1

18.7

19.0

17.7

18.7

  

Australia

11.9

13.1

12.2

13.5

14.5

14.1

13.3

12.6

  

Canada

13.3

13.0

13.4

13.3

12.3

12.2

13.2

11.5

  

USA

12.6

12.5

12.4

12.1

11.9

11.7

11.1

10.8

  
 

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Austria

18.0

18.6

17.4

16.7

16.2

14.7

14.5

14.1

14.1

13.9

Belgium

18.4

18.6

Denmark

13.3

12.5

11.5

12.0

11.3

11.6

Finland

22.8

20.7

20.1

20.0

18.3

19.6

18.2

19.0

18.9

17.3

France

17.5

17.6

17.8

17.5

17.1

16.5

15.8

16.1

Germany

12.8

12.7

12.6

12.0

11.4

10.7

10.2

10.3

10.3

10.8

Greece

2.9

2.8

3.3

3.0

3.4

3.3

2.8

3.1

3.2

Ireland

12.8

11.4

11.5

11.5

10.8

10.6

10.4

11.5

11.7

11.0

Iceland

12.8

10.3

9.8

12.5

11.5

10.8

12.0

12.4

11.8

Italy (a)

7.1

7.2

7.1

6.3

6.4

6.6

6.7

Italy (b)

5.0

5.2

5.9

5.7

5.0

5.2

4.9

4.7

5.0

5.10

Norway

12.4

11.0

11.1

11.8

11.6

11.5

10.5

10.6

11.9

11.2

Netherlands

9.1

9.6

9.2

9.1

9.4

9.1

8.0

8.4

8.9

9.2

Portugal

7.2

11.3

10.6

8.9

9.0

8.9

9.3

UK

7.0

6.9

6.6

6.9

6.7

6.7

6.3

6.9

6.8

6.7

Spain

7.4

7.7

7.8

7.7

7.3

6.9

6.7

7.0

6.9

Sweden

13.0

12.9

12.0

12.4

13.1

12.7

11.9

12.2

12.9

11.7

Switzerland

18.0

19.0

16.6

16.6

16.6

16.5

16.9

Australia

12.8

11.9

10.9

10.6

8.3

Canada

11.7

11.5

11.7

11.0

11.2

10.5

10.6

10.7

11.1

USA

11.1

11.3

11.1

11.3

11.2

11.3

11.7

  1. Source: OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)
  2. Italy (a) Source: ISTAT—Decessi e Cause di morte
  3. Italy (b) Source: ISTAT—Suicidi e Tentativi di suicidio. Judicial Statistics do not include suicides in prison and suicide cases in which the death occurs after a few days from the episode that actually caused the death (such cases are recorded as “attempted suicide” cases)