In 2014 around 42,704 suicides occurred in United States, 1,644 more than in 2013. In 2014, on average 117 Americans committed suicide every day.
United States reported 13.4 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.71 suicides per 100,000 people.
Of the 42,704 recorded suicide cases in 2014, 33,059 were men suicides and 9,645 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 21.1 per 100,000 men and for women 6 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 14,164 homicides in United States, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 3 suicides.
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