In 2011 around 2,392 suicides occurred in Australia, 26 less than in 2010. In 2011, on average 7 Australians committed suicide every day.
Australia reported 10.7 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.82 suicides per 100,000 people.
Of the 2,392 recorded suicide cases in 2011, 1,811 were men suicides and 581 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 16.3 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 248 homicides in Australia, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 9.6 suicides.
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