In Australia there were 13.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 14.31 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Australia, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 2,488 recorded suicide cases in 1999, 1,999 were men suicides and 489 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 21.4 per 100,000 men and for women 5.2 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 385 homicides in Australia, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 6.5 suicides.
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