In 1994 around 12,041 suicides occurred in France, 210 less than in 1993. In 1994, on average 33 French committed suicide every day.
France reported 20.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 15.83 suicides per 100,000 people.
France has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 12,041 recorded suicide cases in 1994, 8,872 were men suicides and 3,169 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 30.8 per 100,000 men and for women 10.4 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In France suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 1,406 homicides in France, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 8.6 suicides.
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