In 1991 around 39,388 suicides occurred in Russia, 238 more than in 1990. In 1991, on average 108 Russians committed suicide every day.
Russia reported 26.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 15.11 suicides per 100,000 people.
Russia has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 39,388 recorded suicide cases in 1991, 30,923 were men suicides and 8,465 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 44.5 per 100,000 men and for women 10.7 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Russia suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 22,621 homicides in Russia, there are more suicides than homicides. For every homicide there were 1.7 suicides.
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