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International suicide rates in 1970 and 1980. Comparison between youth (15-24 y.o.) and total population rates. |
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All ages | 15-24 year-olds | |||
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1970 rate | % change, 1970 to 1980 | 1970 rate | % change, 1970 to 1980 | |
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Australia |
12.4 | - 11.2% | 8.6 | + 30.2% | |
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Austria |
24.2 | + 6.2% | 16.5 | + 9.1% | |
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Bulgaria |
11.9 | + 14.3% | 6.9 | + 34.8% | |
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Canada |
11.3 | + 23.9% | 10.2 | + 50.0% | |
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Chile |
6.0 | - 18.3% | 10.1 | - 31.7% | |
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Denmark |
21.5 | + 47.0% | 8.5 | + 42.4% | |
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Finland |
21.3 | + 20.7% | 14.7 | + 60.5% | |
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France |
15.4 | + 26.0% | 7.0 | + 52.9% | |
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Greece |
3.2 | + 3.1% | 1.5 | + 20.0% | |
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Hong Kong |
13.6 | - 0.7% | 7.7 | + 1.3% | |
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Hungary |
34.8 | + 29.0% | 18.9 | + 5.8% | |
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Italy |
5.8 | + 25.9% | 2.9 | + 34.5% | |
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Japan |
15.2 | + 15.8% | 13.0 | - 3,8% | |
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Netherlands |
8.1 | + 24.7% | 4.0 | + 50.0% | |
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New Zealand |
9.6 | + 12.5% | 8.0 | + 73.7% | |
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Norway |
8.4 | + 47.6% | 3.7 | + 224.3% | |
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Portugal |
7.5 | - 1.3% | 4.5 | + 2.2% | |
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Singapore |
8.9 | + 25.8% | 7.8 | + 32.1% | |
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Spain |
4.2 | + 4.8% | 1.4 | + 92.9% | |
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Sweden |
22.3 | - 13.0% | 13.3 | - 13.5% | |
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Switzerland |
18.6 | + 38.2% | 13.0 | + 80.0% | |
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Thailand |
4.2 | + 76.2% | 7.2 | + 77.8% | |
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UK: England & Wales |
8.0 | + 10.0% | 6.0 | + 6.7% | |
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UK: Scotland |
7.6 | + 31.6% | 5.8 | + 65.5% | |
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USA |
11.5 | + 2.6% | 8.8 | + 39.8% | |
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Venezuela |
6.8 | - 23.5% | 14.5 | - 28.3% | |
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West Germany |
21.3 | - 19% | 13.4 | - 6.7% | |
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(rate is per 100,000 population per year) |
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[Source: Lester, D The Cruelest Death, 1993, p24, from WHO data.] |