In 2010 around 535 suicides occurred in New Zealander, 23 more than in 2009. In New Zealander, on average, at least one suicide happens every year.
New Zealander reported 12.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.89 suicides per 100,000 people.
Of the 535 recorded suicide cases in 2010, 387 were men suicides and 148 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 18.2 per 100,000 men and for women 6.7 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 43 homicides in New Zealander, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 12.4 suicides.
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