In 2000 around 1,131 suicides occurred in Sweden, 89 less than in 1999. In 2000, on average 3 Swedes committed suicide every day.
Sweden reported 12.7 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10.98 suicides per 100,000 people.
Of the 1,131 recorded suicide cases in 2000, 802 were men suicides and 329 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 18.3 per 100,000 men and for women 7.3 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 96 homicides in Sweden, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 11.8 suicides.
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