In 2000 around 50 suicides occurred in Iceland, 19 more than in 1999.
Iceland reported 17.8 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 10.98 suicides per 100,000 people.
Iceland is a country with a high rate of suicide.
Of the 50 recorded suicide cases in 2000, 42 were men suicides and 8 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 29.8 per 100,000 men and for women 5.7 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Iceland suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 5 homicides in Iceland, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 10 suicides.
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