In 1991 around 4,547 suicides occurred in United Kingdom, 96 less than in 1990. In 1991, on average 12 British committed suicide every day.
United Kingdom reported 7.9 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 15.11 self-harm per 100.000 people.
United Kingdom has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 4,547 recorded suicide cases in 1991, 3,494 were men suicides and 1,053 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 12.5 per 100,000 men and for women 3.6 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In United Kingdom suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 734 homicides in United Kingdom, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 6.2 suicides.
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