In United States there were 12.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 15.11 self-harm per 100.000 people.
United States, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 30,810 recorded suicide cases in 1991, 24,769 were men suicides and 6,041 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 20.1 per 100,000 men and for women 4.7 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In United States suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 24,703 homicides in United States, there are more suicides than homicides. For every homicide there were 1.2 suicides.
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