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In 2019, the 15% increase in the suicide rate in Scotland was described as "devastating," [26] with men most at risk. [27] 74.1% of suicides in England and Wales in 2022 were males. [28] The suicide rate in 2023 was the highest since 1999, while also being the highest rate for males since 1999 and the highest rate for females since 1994. [3]
Canada, a country with a comparatively low suicide rate overall at 10.3 incidents per 100,000 people in 2016, 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 in 2016, [18] a rate among the ten highest in the world. There are ...
England [24] Beachy Head - East Sussex England: 20 suicides a year [25] Clifton Suspension Bridge: Bristol: South West England England: More than 500 suicides since opening in 1864. Suicide barriers were installed in 1998, which halved the suicide rate over the years following. [26] Humber Bridge: Kingston-upon-Hull: East Riding of Yorkshire ...
Across the two nations, the suicide rate for females was the highest in almost 30 years and for males rose to the highest since 1999. Suicide rates registered in England and Wales highest in more ...
Pixabay/Public Domain. 6. Guyana. While it has registered a slight decrease from 2016, more than 26 people per 100,000 still commit suicide in the country.
Within countries there is variety as well. As of 2021, Wyoming is the leading state in annual suicide with 32.3 deaths per 100,000 people. On the other hand, New Jersey, has the lowest suicide rate with 7.1 deaths per 100,000 people. [11] Rural and Urban suicide rates differ as well. [12]
The Office for National Statistics said the suicide rate in 2021 was consistent with rates seen in the years before the coronavirus pandemic.
The list of countries by homicide rate is derived from United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) data, and is expressed in number of deaths per 100,000 population per year. For example, a homicide rate of 30 out of 100,000 is presented in the table as "30", and corresponds to 0.03% of the population dying by homicide.