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Suicides France 1978

France has a very high suicide rate

In 1978 occurred 9,158 suicides in France. This year, 417 more people committed suicide than in 1977. In 1978, on average 25 French committed suicide every day.

France had 16.7 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 12.98 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 9,158 recorded suicide cases in 1978, 6,447 were men suicides and 2,711 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 24.11 per 100,000 men and for women 9.7 per 100,000 female. In spite of this, it is one of the countries with the highest female suicide rate in the world.

Related data:

France - Intentional self-harm
DateFemale suicidesMale suicidesSuicidesFemale suicide rateMale suicide rateSuicide rate
19782,7116,4479,1589.7024.1116.70
19772,6836,0588,7419.6522.7316.00
19762,4375,9218,3588.8122.3115.40
19752,4085,9158,3238.7522.4015.40
19742,3555,8378,1928.6122.2515.30
19732,3115,7688,0798.5122.1515.20
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