|
Country |
1970 |
1975 |
1980 |
1985 |
1988 |
1994-98 |
|
Hungary |
34.8 |
38.4 |
44.9 |
44.4 |
41.3 |
32.9 |
|
Finland |
21.3 |
25.0 |
25.7 |
24.6 |
28.4 |
24.7 |
|
Belgium |
16.5 |
16.2 |
21.7 |
23.1 |
22.7 |
21.3 |
|
Switzerland |
18.6 |
22.5 |
25.7 |
25.0 |
22.4 |
20.6 |
|
Austria |
24.2 |
24.1 |
25.7 |
27.7 |
24.4 |
19.6 |
|
France |
15.4 |
15.8 |
19.4 |
22.6 |
20.7 |
19.3 |
|
Denmark |
21.5 |
24.1 |
31.6 |
27.7 |
26.0 |
17.1 |
|
Czechoslovakia |
25.2 |
21.9 |
20.0 |
18.9 |
17.7 |
15.9 |
|
Germany |
21.3 |
20.9 |
20.9 |
20.7 |
17.6 |
14.4 |
|
Poland |
11.2 |
11.3 |
10.7 |
13.3 |
12.2 |
14.4 |
|
Sweden |
22.3 |
19.4 |
19.4 |
18.2 |
18.9 |
14.3 |
|
Norway |
8.4 |
9.9 |
12.4 |
14.0 |
16.8 |
12.7 |
|
Ireland |
1.8 |
4.7 |
6.3 |
7.8 |
7.5 |
11.4 |
|
United States |
11.2 |
12.2 |
12.1 |
12.0 |
11.2 |
11.3 |
|
Iceland |
13.2 |
10.1 |
10.5 |
13.2 |
14.0 |
10.1 |
|
Netherlands |
8.1 |
8.9 |
10.1 |
11.3 |
10.3 |
10.1 |
|
Spain |
4.2 |
3.9 |
4.4 |
6.5 |
7.2 |
8.6 |
|
Italy |
5.8 |
5.6 |
7.3 |
8.3 |
7.7 |
8.3 |
|
United Kingdom |
7.9 |
7.5 |
8.8 |
9.0 |
8.7 |
7.1 |
|
Portugal |
7.5 |
8.5 |
7.4 |
9.7 |
8.0 |
5.7 |
|
Greece |
3.2 |
2.8 |
3.3 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
3.6 |
|
Overall |
14.5 |
14.9 |
16.6 |
17.2 |
16.6 |
14.3 |
Data are adapted from Mäkinen and Wasserman D, 1997[71]; American Association of Suicidology, Data for 1998[67]; and WHO, 2001.[70] Rates are ranked in descending order for the most recent year.