In 1981 around 10,586 suicides occurred in France, 180 more than in 1980. In 1981, on average 29 French committed suicide every day.
France reported 19.1 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 15.3 suicides per 100,000 people.
France has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 10,586 recorded suicide cases in 1981, 7,541 were men suicides and 3,045 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 27.88 per 100,000 men and for women 10.73 per 100,000 female.
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