In United States there were 12.9 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.87 suicides per 100,000 people.
Of the 40,531 recorded suicide cases in 2012, 31,727 were men suicides and 8,804 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 20.5 per 100,000 men and for women 5.5 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 14,856 homicides in United States, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.7 suicides.
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