United States had 14.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 9.37 suicides per 100,000 people.
United States is a country with a high rate of suicide.
Of the 47,478 recorded suicide cases in 2019, 37,233 were men suicides and 10,245 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 23 per 100,000 men and for women 6.1 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 16,669 homicides in United States, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.8 suicides.
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