8   Suicide and suicide rate per 100 000 population, by sex and age. 1951-2001
Age Males Females
1951- 1955 1961- 1965 1971- 1975 1976- 1980 1981- 1985 1986- 1990 1991- 1995 1996-2000 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 1951- 1955 1961-1965 1971- 1975 1976- 1980 1981- 1985 1986- 1990 1991- 1995 1996-2000 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
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All ages  185  212  271  345  424  477  437  403  389 387  399 430  409  411 56 62 94  128  153  174  155  142  128 146 149 153  132 138
10 - 14 - 1 2 1 4 4 5 4 6 3 5 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 0 1 0 0
15 - 19 2 4 10 20 25 28 28 22 17 21 18 27 28 21 1 1 3 4 6 8 7 10 10 8 8 16 8 8
20 - 29 19 19 43 65 84 99 91 86 91 66 91 101 83 78 4 5 17 24 20 21 18 19 17 17 23 20 20 22
30 - 39 33 35 34 52 74 83 77 71 67 57 82 72 78 82 7 8 11 17 27 31 25 25 20 24 23 31 26 15
40 - 49 40 48 53 50 61 84 81 71 60 79 62 73 83 66 12 12 16 21 25 34 31 29 22 35 25 34 27 40
50 - 59 44 49 60 70 76 62 50 56 49 52 63 62 54 66 14 19 21 31 31 26 21 23 26 27 31 15 18 24
60 - 69 31 34 41 50 59 61 50 41 38 48 40 50 31 41 12 10 18 21 27 29 24 16 16 13 18 18 16 18
70 - 16 22 28 37 41 55 55 50 61 61 38 44 48 57 6 7 8 10 17 25 27 18 14 22 21 18 17 11
                                                         
  Deaths per 100 000 population
All ages 11.1 11.6 13.8 17.2 20.7 22.9 20.5 18.4 18.0 17.8 18.2 19.5 18.4 18.4 3.3 3.4 4.7 6.3 7.3 8.2 7.1 6.3 5.8 6.6 6.7 6.8 5.8 6.1
10 - 14 - 0.1 1.3 0.8 2.2 2.8 3.7 2.7 4.5 2.2 3.6 0.7 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.9 1.3 0.6 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0
15 - 19 2.1 2.9 6.4 12.4 15.0 16.7 19.0 16.3 12.5 15.5 13.2 19.9 20.6 15.3 0.6 0.7 2.0 2.5 3.5 5.0 5.1 7.7 7.7 6.2 6.2 12.4 6.2 6.2
20 - 29 7.9 8.5 13.8 20.6 26.5 29.7 26.7 27.0 27.3 20.2 28.5 32.3 27.0 25.9 1.8 2.2 5.8 8.0 6.5 6.6 5.5 6.3 5.3 5.4 7.4 6.6 6.7 7.5
30 - 39 12.5 15.2 15.7 19.2 23.5 26.0 23.8 20.9 20.1 16.9 24.1 20.9 22.4 23.3 2.7 3.6 5.3 6.8 9.2 10.3 8.0 7.6 6.3 7.5 7.1 9.4 7.8 4.5
40 - 49 17.3 18.9 23.8 24.8 28.6 31.2 26.1 22.7 19.0 25.1 19.7 23.1 26.1 20.7 5.2 4.9 7.3 10.4 12.0 13.1 10.6 9.5 7.3 11.6 8.3 11.2 8.8 13.0
50 - 59 23.7 22.6 25.0 30.0 36.2 32.4 24.6 21.6 21.0 21.0 24.3 23.0 19.4 23.0 7.3 8.3 8.5 13.0 14.5 13.3 10.5 9.3 11.3 11.1 12.3 5.7 6.7 8.7
60 - 69 25.0 20.9 22.0 25.2 28.8 30.6 27.4 24.6 22.3 28.5 23.8 29.6 18.2 23.9 8.2 5.8 8.6 9.7 12.0 13.1 12.1 8.9 8.7 7.1 9.9 9.9 8.8 9.9
70 - 18.1 19.2 19.4 23.4 23.5 29.8 27.8 24.7 30.1 30.0 18.7 21.6 23.6 28.0 4.5 4.5 4.0 4.3 6.6 8.9 8.8 5.9 4.5 7.1 6.7 5.8 5.5 3.6
Annual average for the five-year period.
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