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Theme: Population


Violent deaths in the Republic of Macedonia, 2016

09.06.2017


According to the State Statistical Office data, there were 497 violent deaths in the Republic of Macedonia in 2016, which is a
decrease of 3.1% compared to the previous year. Violent deaths accounted for 2.4% of the total number of deaths. The structure
of violent deaths by sex in 2016, as in previous years, shows higher male participation with 76.1%.


In the total number of violent deaths, "accidents" ranked first with 71.2%, followed by "suicides" with 25.2% and "homicides"
with 3.6%.


In the category "accidents", the group "other external causes of accidental injury" was predominant with 26.0%.


In the category "suicides", deaths caused by "hanging, strangulation and suffocation" were most frequent with 13.5%.


The dominant cause of death in the category "homicides" was "assault by blunt object", making up 1.0% of the total number of
violent deaths.






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