In 1991 around 2,288 suicides occurred in Australia, 86 more than in 1990. In 1991, on average 6 Australians committed suicide every day.
Australia reported 13.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 15.11 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Australia, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 2,288 recorded suicide cases in 1991, 1,806 were men suicides and 482 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 21 per 100,000 men and for women 5.6 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Australia suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 340 homicides in Australia, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 6.7 suicides.
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