In 1992 around 2,252 suicides occurred in Australia, 36 less than in 1991. In 1992, on average 6 Australians committed suicide every day.
Australia reported 12.9 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 15.38 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Australia, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 2,252 recorded suicide cases in 1992, 1,786 were men suicides and 466 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 20.5 per 100,000 men and for women 5.3 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 301 homicides in Australia, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 7.5 suicides.
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