In Sweden there were 17.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 14.95 suicides per 100,000 people.
Sweden is a country with a high rate of suicide.
Of the 1,471 recorded suicide cases in 1990, 1,020 were men suicides and 451 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 24.1 per 100,000 men and for women 10.4 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Sweden suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 95 homicides in Sweden, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 15.5 suicides.
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