In Belgium there were 20.1 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 10.78 suicides per 100,000 people.
Belgium is a country with a high rate of suicide.
Of the 2,074 recorded suicide cases in 2002, 1,495 were men suicides and 579 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 29.6 per 100,000 men and for women 11 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Belgium suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 319 homicides in Belgium, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 6.5 suicides.
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