Israel - Intentional self-harm

In 2012 occurred 427 suicides in Israel. This year, 22 more people committed suicide than in 2011. In Israel, on average, at least one suicide happens every day.

Israel had 5.4 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.87 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 427 recorded suicide cases in 2012, 346 were men suicides and 81 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 8.8 per 100,000 men and for women 2 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 128 homicides in Israel, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 3.3 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Israel
• Israel economy
• Country suicides ranking