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Theme: Population


Violent deaths in the Republic of Macedonia, 2010

22.06.2011


According to the State Statistical Office data, in 2010, in the Republic of Macedonia there were 588 violent deaths, which is a decrease of 4.1% compared to the previous year. Violent deaths accounted for 3.1% of the total number of deaths. The structure of violent deaths by sex in 2010, like previous years, shows higher male participation with 71.8%.

In the total number of violent deaths, "accidents" ranked first with 71.8%, followed by "suicides" 20.7% and "homicides" 7.5%.

In the category “accidents”, the group ''other external causes of accidental injury'' was predominant with 26.5% of the total number of violent deaths, followed by ''transport accidents" with 23.1%, and ''other land transport accidents'' with 13.1%.

In the category ''suicides'', deaths caused by ''hanging, strangulation and suffocation'' were most frequent with 11.2%, while in the category ''homicides'' the dominant cause of death, with 2.6% of the total number of violent deaths, was ''assault by unspecified means''.





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