In 1997 around 562 suicides occurred in New Zealander, 22 more than in 1996. In New Zealander, on average, at least one suicide happens every year.
New Zealander reported 14.9 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 14.89 suicides per 100,000 people.
New Zealander is a country with a high rate of suicide.
Of the 562 recorded suicide cases in 1997, 441 were men suicides and 121 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 23.7 per 100,000 men and for women 6.3 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In New Zealander suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 60 homicides in New Zealander, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 9.4 suicides.
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