In 1992 around 1,519 suicides occurred in Bulgaria, 135 more than in 1991. In 1992, on average 4 Bulgarians committed suicide every day.
Bulgaria reported 17.8 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 15.38 suicides per 100,000 people.
Bulgaria has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 1,519 recorded suicide cases in 1992, 1,108 were men suicides and 411 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 26.4 per 100,000 men and for women 9.5 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Bulgaria suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 462 homicides in Bulgaria, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 3.3 suicides.
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