In South Africa there were 0.4 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 14.84 self-harm per 100.000 people.
South Africa has the lowest suicide rate in the world.
Of the 184 recorded suicide cases in 1998, 141 were men suicides and 43 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 0.6 per 100,000 men and for women 0.2 per 100,000 female.
Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in South Africa. However, in South Africa in 1998 there were there were 25,127 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 136.6 homicides per suicide.
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