Canada - Intentional self-harm

In 1998 occurred 3,699 suicides in Canada. This year, 18 more people committed suicide than in 1997. In 1998, on average 10 Canadians committed suicide every day.

Canada had 12.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 14.84 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Canada, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.

Of the 3,699 recorded suicide cases in 1998, 2,925 were men suicides and 774 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 19.6 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 Canada suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 559 homicides in Canada, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 6.6 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Canada
• Canada economy
• Country suicides ranking