United States had 13.9 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.41 suicides per 100,000 people.
Of the 44,876 recorded suicide cases in 2016, 34,656 were men suicides and 10,220 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 21.8 per 100,000 men and for women 6.2 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 17,413 homicides in United States, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.6 suicides.
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