In Sweden there were 13.6 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 14.89 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Sweden, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 1,201 recorded suicide cases in 1997, 857 were men suicides and 344 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 19.6 per 100,000 men and for women 7.7 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 87 homicides in Sweden, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 13.8 suicides.
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