In France there were 16.6 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 10 suicides per 100,000 people.
France is a country with a high rate of suicide.
Of the 10,682 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 7,912 were men suicides and 2,770 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 25.3 per 100,000 men and for women 8.3 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 819 homicides in France, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 13 suicides.
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