In Malta there were 3.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 14.84 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Malta has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 12 recorded suicide cases in 1998, 11 were men suicides and 1 were woman. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 5.9 per 100,000 men and for women 0.5 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Malta suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 5 homicides in Malta, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.4 suicides.
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