Ireland had 10.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 15.38 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Ireland, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 362 recorded suicide cases in 1992, 304 were men suicides and 58 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 17.2 per 100,000 men and for women 3.2 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Ireland suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 25 homicides in Ireland, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 14.5 suicides.
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