In 2008 around 35,969 suicides occurred in United States, 1,436 more than in 2007. In 2008, on average 99 Americans committed suicide every day.
United States reported 11.8 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.96 suicides per 100,000 people.
Of the 35,969 recorded suicide cases in 2008, 28,402 were men suicides and 7,567 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 18.9 per 100,000 men and for women 4.9 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 16,465 homicides in United States, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.2 suicides.
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