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Suicides France 1972

France has a very high suicide rate

In 1972 occurred 8,339 suicides in France. This year, 449 more people committed suicide than in 1971. In 1972, on average 23 French committed suicide every day.

France had 15.8 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 11.98 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 8,339 recorded suicide cases in 1972, 5,883 were men suicides and 2,456 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 22.78 per 100,000 men and for women 9.11 per 100,000 female.

Related data:

France - Intentional self-harm
DateFemale suicidesMale suicidesSuicidesFemale suicide rateMale suicide rateSuicide rate
19722,4565,8838,3399.1122.7815.80
19712,2745,6167,8908.4921.9415.10
19702,1815,6537,8348.2022.2815.10
19692,1975,7377,9348.3222.8015.50
19682,1625,4677,6298.2521.9015.00
19672,0335,6837,7167.8122.9615.30
19662,0425,6267,6687.9122.9515.40
19651,8655,4877,3527.3022.6214.90
19641,9275,2807,2077.6222.0414.80
19631,8915,5437,4347.5823.4715.50
19621,8095,3037,1127.3422.7915.00
19611,8275,4787,3057.5223.8915.60
19601,9215,3027,2238.0023.4415.60
France - Intentional self-harm
France - Intentional self-harm