France - Intentional self-harm 2001

Suicides France 2001

There are 29 suicides per day in France

In 2001 around 10,634 suicides occurred in France, 203 less than in 2000. In 2001, on average 29 French committed suicide every day.

France reported 17.4 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 10.88 suicides per 100,000 people.

France is a country with a high rate of suicide.

Of the 10,634 recorded suicide cases in 2001, 7,803 were men suicides and 2,831 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 26.3 per 100,000 men and for women 9 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 1,047 homicides in France, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 10.2 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2001	2,831	7,803	10,634	9.00	26.30	17.40
2000	2,864	7,973	10,837	9.20	27.00	17.80
1999	2,841	7,427	10,268	9.10	25.30	17.00
1998	2,763	7,771	10,534	8.90	26.60	17.50
1997	3,040	8,099	11,139	9.90	27.90	18.60
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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