South Africa had 0.6 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 14.31 self-harm per 100.000 people.
South Africa has the lowest suicide rate in the world.
Of the 281 recorded suicide cases in 1999, 220 were men suicides and 61 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 1 per 100,000 men and for women 0.3 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 1999 there were there were 22,604 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 80.4 homicides per suicide.
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