In 1995 around 1,433 suicides occurred in Bulgaria, 31 less than in 1994. In 1995, on average 4 Bulgarians committed suicide every day.
Bulgaria reported 17 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 15.58 suicides per 100,000 people.
Bulgaria has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 1,433 recorded suicide cases in 1995, 1,020 were men suicides and 413 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 24.8 per 100,000 men and for women 9.6 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 494 homicides in Bulgaria, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.9 suicides.
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