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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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