In 1998 around 2,633 suicides occurred in Australia, 13 less than in 1997. In 1998, on average 7 Australians committed suicide every day.
Australia reported 14.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 14.84 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Australia is a country with a high rate of suicide.
Of the 2,633 recorded suicide cases in 1998, 2,108 were men suicides and 525 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 22.8 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 334 homicides in Australia, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 7.9 suicides.
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