Sweden had 17.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 15.11 suicides per 100,000 people.
Sweden is a country with a high rate of suicide.
Of the 1,483 recorded suicide cases in 1991, 1,036 were men suicides and 447 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 24.3 per 100,000 men and for women 10.3 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 115 homicides in Sweden, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 12.9 suicides.
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