INTERNATIONAL SUICIDE/HOMICIDE TABLE*
(*Ranked according to highest combined suicide-murder rate; nations ranked higher than the U.S. in either suicide or murder rates are in bold face)
Country |
Year |
Suicide |
Murder |
Combined |
|
|
|
|
|
ESTONIA |
1995 |
39.99 |
22.11 |
62.1 |
RUSSIA |
1992 |
26.6 |
15.3 |
41.9 |
LATVIA |
1990 |
26. |
9.2 |
35.2 |
LITHUANIA |
1990 |
26. |
7.5 |
33.5 |
FINLAND |
1994-95 |
27.3 |
3.3 |
30.6 |
UKRAINE |
1990 |
20.6 |
8.0 |
28.6 |
DENMARK |
1991 |
22. |
5.0 |
27.0 |
AUSTRIA |
1991 |
22.3 |
1.5 |
23.8 |
SWITZERLAND* |
1994-95 |
20.8 |
1.1 |
21.9 |
FRANCE |
1990 |
20.2 |
1.1 |
21.3 |
BELGIUM |
1987 |
19.3 |
1.4 |
20.7 |
UNITED STATES* |
1995-96 |
11.5 |
7.3 |
18.8 |
SWEDEN |
1990 |
17.2 |
1.3 |
18.5 |
GERMANY |
1995 |
15.8 |
1.8 |
17.6 |
LUXEMBOURG |
1991 |
15.1 |
2.1 |
17.2 |
NEW ZEALAND |
1989 |
13.9 |
1.9 |
15.8 |
CANADA |
1995 |
12.9 |
2.0 |
14.9 |
ISRAEL |
1989 |
7.3 |
1.2 |
8.5 |