In 2005 around 10,901 suicides occurred in France, 84 less than in 2004. In 2005, on average 30 French committed suicide every day.
France reported 17.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 10.34 suicides per 100,000 people.
France is a country with a high rate of suicide.
Of the 10,901 recorded suicide cases in 2005, 7,961 were men suicides and 2,940 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 26.1 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 976 homicides in France, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 11.2 suicides.
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