In 2010 around 10,560 suicides occurred in France, 122 less than in 2009. In 2010, on average 29 French committed suicide every day.
France reported 16.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 9.89 suicides per 100,000 people.
France is a country with a high rate of suicide.
Of the 10,560 recorded suicide cases in 2010, 7,776 were men suicides and 2,784 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 24.8 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 796 homicides in France, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 13.3 suicides.
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