In Israel there were 4.8 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.96 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 353 recorded suicide cases in 2008, 294 were men suicides and 59 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 8.1 per 100,000 men and for women 1.6 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Israel suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 120 homicides in Israel, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.9 suicides.
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