France - Intentional self-harm 2019

Suicides France 2019

There are 24 suicides per day in France

In 2019 occurred 8,861 suicides in France. This year, 53 fewer people committed suicide than in 2018. In 2019, on average 24 French committed suicide every day.

France had 13.18 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.37 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 8,861 recorded suicide cases in 2019, 6,686 were men suicides and 2,175 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 20.59 per 100,000 men and for women 6.25 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 753 homicides in France, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 11.8 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2019	2,175	6,686	8,861	6.25	20.59	13.18
2018	2,204	6,710	8,914	6.35	20.60	13.24
2017	2,091	6,298	8,389	6.04	19.45	12.53
2016	2,020	6,583	8,603	5.86	20.41	12.90
2015	2,134	7,003	9,137	6.24	21.72	13.73
2014	2,267	6,817	9,084	6.62	21.18	13.67
2013	2,437	7,423	9,860	7.14	23.27	14.95
2012	2,456	7,494	9,950	7.28	23.55	15.16
2011	2,645	7,907	10,552	7.89	25.07	16.21
2010	2,784	7,776	10,560	8.30	24.80	16.30
2009	2,770	7,912	10,682	8.30	25.30	16.60
2008	2,770	7,801	10,571	8.40	25.10	16.50
2007	2,749	7,562	10,311	8.30	24.50	16.20
2006	2,866	7,744	10,610	8.80	25.20	16.70
2005	2,940	7,961	10,901	9.00	26.10	17.30
2004	2,983	8,002	10,985	9.20	26.40	17.60
2003	2,871	8,195	11,066	9.00	27.20	17.80
2002	2,948	7,873	10,821	9.30	26.40	17.60
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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