Australia - Intentional self-harm

By 1993, suicides in Australia increased by 213 people to at 2,039 suicides In 1993, on average 6 Australians committed suicide every day.

In Australia there were 11.6 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 15.86 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Australia, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.

Of the 2,039 recorded suicide cases in 1993, 1,641 were men suicides and 398 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 18.7 per 100,000 men and for women 4.5 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 333 homicides in Australia, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 6.1 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Australia
• Australia economy
• Country suicides ranking