In 2009 around 2,335 suicides occurred in Australia, 5 less than in 2008. In 2009, on average 6 Australians committed suicide every day.
Australia reported 10.8 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10 suicides per 100,000 people.
Of the 2,335 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 1,783 were men suicides and 552 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 16.5 per 100,000 men and for women 5.1 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 263 homicides in Australia, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 8.9 suicides.
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