In Switzerland there were 17.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 10.34 suicides per 100,000 people.
Switzerland is a country with a high rate of suicide.
Of the 1,299 recorded suicide cases in 2005, 899 were men suicides and 400 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 24.7 per 100,000 men and for women 10.5 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Switzerland suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 75 homicides in Switzerland, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 17.3 suicides.
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