France - Intentional self-harm 1996

Suicides France 1996

There are 31 suicides per day in France

In 1996 occurred 11,279 suicides in France. This year, 540 fewer people committed suicide than in 1995. In 1996, on average 31 French committed suicide every day.

France had 18.9 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 15.06 suicides per 100,000 people.

France has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 11,279 recorded suicide cases in 1996, 8,174 were men suicides and 3,105 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 28.2 per 100,000 men and for women 10.1 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 1,171 homicides in France, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 9.6 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1996	3,105	8,174	11,279	10.10	28.20	18.90
1995	3,214	8,605	11,819	10.50	29.80	19.90
1994	3,169	8,872	12,041	10.40	30.80	20.30
1993	3,390	8,861	12,251	11.20	30.90	20.80
1992	3,202	8,442	11,644	10.60	29.50	19.80
1991	3,281	8,221	11,502	10.90	28.90	19.70
1990	3,225	8,178	11,403	10.78	28.80	19.60
1989	3,372	8,343	11,715	11.34	29.58	20.20
1988	3,365	8,234	11,599	11.38	29.35	20.20
1987	3,574	8,587	12,161	12.16	30.77	21.30
1986	3,657	8,872	12,529	12.51	31.97	22.00
1985	3,603	8,898	12,501	12.40	32.23	22.10
1984	3,494	8,619	12,113	12.10	31.39	21.50
1983	3,439	8,475	11,914	11.98	31.02	21.30
1982	3,287	8,074	11,361	11.52	29.71	20.40
1981	3,045	7,541	10,586	10.73	27.88	19.10
1980	3,044	7,362	10,406	10.78	27.33	18.80
1979	2,891	7,102	9,993	10.29	26.47	18.20
1978	2,711	6,447	9,158	9.70	24.11	16.70
1977	2,683	6,058	8,741	9.65	22.73	16.00
1976	2,437	5,921	8,358	8.81	22.31	15.40
1975	2,408	5,915	8,323	8.75	22.40	15.40
1974	2,355	5,837	8,192	8.61	22.25	15.30
1973	2,311	5,768	8,079	8.51	22.15	15.20
1972	2,456	5,883	8,339	9.11	22.78	15.80
1971	2,274	5,616	7,890	8.49	21.94	15.10
1970	2,181	5,653	7,834	8.20	22.28	15.10
1969	2,197	5,737	7,934	8.32	22.80	15.50
1968	2,162	5,467	7,629	8.25	21.90	15.00
1967	2,033	5,683	7,716	7.81	22.96	15.30
1966	2,042	5,626	7,668	7.91	22.95	15.40
1965	1,865	5,487	7,352	7.30	22.62	14.90
1964	1,927	5,280	7,207	7.62	22.04	14.80
1963	1,891	5,543	7,434	7.58	23.47	15.50
1962	1,809	5,303	7,112	7.34	22.79	15.00
1961	1,827	5,478	7,305	7.52	23.89	15.60
1960	1,921	5,302	7,223	8.00	23.44	15.60

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