In 1988 around 11,599 suicides occurred in France, 562 less than in 1987. In 1988, on average 32 French committed suicide every day.
France reported 20.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 15.07 suicides per 100,000 people.
France has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 11,599 recorded suicide cases in 1988, 8,234 were men suicides and 3,365 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 29.35 per 100,000 men and for women 11.38 per 100,000 female.
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