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Canada, a country with a comparatively low suicide rate overall at 10.3 incidents per 100,000 people, exhibits one such discrepancy. When comparing the suicide rate of Indigenous peoples in Canada, the rate of suicide increases to 24.3 incidents per 100,000 people: [ 19] a rate among the ten highest in the world.
Intentional deaths include homicide (intentional injury death of another) and suicide (intentional injury death of self). Based upon various metrics alongside calculations over the course of multiple years, Singapore has the lowest intentional death rate in the world, with Honduras being the highest. [1] [2]
Share of deaths from suicide, 2017 [8]. As of 2019, the highest annual number of suicides per 100,000 people was in Lesotho, with a rate of 87.5 deaths per 100,000 people.. The second country being Guyana with 40.9 deaths per 100,000 people and third Eswatini, with 40.5 deaths per 100,000 peo
10. Papua New Guinea. Around 23 people per every 100,000 people commit suicide in Papa New Guinea. Shame, depression and other mental health issues are said to contribute to the exceptionally high ...
UNODC calculated a rate of 6.9 in 2010. [ 9] UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) reported a global average intentional homicide rate of 6.2 per 100,000 population for 2012 (in their report titled "Global Study on Homicide 2013"). [ 10][ 11] In the 2019 edition, the global rate was estimated at 6.1 per 100,000 for 2017.
There are 2 countries in the UNODC dataset that are missing from the table below: Egypt (2.062 rate in 2011) and India (0.297 rate in 2012). Asterisk (*) in Location column indicates a Crime in LOCATION article. Homicide rates by firearm per 100,000 inhabitants. Table. Latest available year.
Suicide rates by age [233] In many countries, the rate of suicide is highest in the middle-aged [234] or elderly. [22] The absolute number of suicides, however, is greatest in those between 15 and 29 years old, due to the number of people in this age group. [6] Worldwide, the average age of suicide is between age 30 and 49 for both men and ...
Suicide in Greenland, an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, is a significant national social issue. Greenland has the highest suicide rate in the world: reports between 1985 and 2012 showed that an average of 83 people in 100,000 died by suicide yearly.