In 1979 around 9,993 suicides occurred in France, 835 more than in 1978. In 1979, on average 27 French committed suicide every day.
France reported 18.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 13.17 suicides per 100,000 people.
France, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 9,993 recorded suicide cases in 1979, 7,102 were men suicides and 2,891 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 26.47 per 100,000 men and for women 10.29 per 100,000 female. In spite of this, it is one of the countries with the highest female suicide rate in the world.
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