In 1992 around 46,125 suicides occurred in Russia, 6,737 more than in 1991. In 1992, on average 126 Russians committed suicide every day.
Russia reported 31.1 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 15.38 suicides per 100,000 people.
Russia has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 46,125 recorded suicide cases in 1992, 36,980 were men suicides and 9,145 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 53.1 per 100,000 men and for women 11.6 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 33,912 homicides in Russia, there are more suicides than homicides. For every homicide there were 1.4 suicides.
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