According to the State Statistical Office data, there were 486 violent deaths in the Republic of North Macedonia, which is a decrease of 28.2%, compared to the previous year. Violent deaths account for 2.2% of the total number of deaths. The structure of violent deaths by sex in 2022, as in previous years, shows higher male participation with 72.8%.
In total number of violent deaths the “accidents” have the highest participation with 78.6%, followed by ,,suicides’’ with 20.2% and ,,homicides’’ with 1.2%.
In the category “accidents,” the group “other external causes of accidental injury“ was predominant with 55.1% of the total number of violent deaths.
In the category “suicides” the group “hanging, strangulation and suffocation” were most frequent with 12.3% of the total number of violent deaths.
In the category “homicides” the group “assault by unspecified means” participated with 0.8% of the total number of violent deaths.
