highest rates of suicide
Despite these promising findings, researchers found the rate for suicide increased 2.4 percent. This is the highest itâs been in more than 25 years, The Associated Press reported. The suicide rate is now 12.6 suicide deaths per 100,000 Americans, which is close to the rate of 12.8 in 1987. [ ALSO: How Trauma Can Help You Grow ].
1 List of OECD countries by suicide rate. 2  The updated figure of suicide rates in Belgium for 2011 is 2,084 on a total population of 10,933,607, equivalent to 18.96 per 100,000 inhabitants (source: Het Nieuwsblad, 10 April 2014).