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Regions of France (NUTS 2) by suicide death rate (age-standardised)

Bretagne had the highest suicide death rate (age-standardised) of 26 regions in 2012, at 26 per 100,000 people. Martinique had the lowest, at 5.6 per 100,000 people. The median was 16.3 per 100,000 people and the figure for France was 15.8 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest26Bretagne
Lowest5.6Martinique
Median16.326 regions
France15.8History

All regions, 2012

Bretagne: 26 per 100,000 peopleBretagne26Basse-Normandie: 24.9 per 100,000 peopleBasse-Normandie24.9Nord-Pas de Calais: 21.9 per 100,000 peopleNord-Pas de Calais21.9Pays de la Loire: 19.7 per 100,000 peoplePays de la Loire19.7Limousin: 19.7 per 100,000 peopleLimousin19.7Poitou-Charentes: 19.6 per 100,000 peoplePoitou-Charentes19.6Picardie: 19.5 per 100,000 peoplePicardie19.5Auvergne: 19.2 per 100,000 peopleAuvergne19.2Franche-Comté: 19.2 per 100,000 peopleFranche-Comté19.2Centre - Val de Loire: 19 per 100,000 peopleCentre - Val de Loire19Bourgogne: 18.2 per 100,000 peopleBourgogne18.2Champagne-Ardenne: 17.8 per 100,000 peopleChampagne-Ardenne17.8Aquitaine: 16.8 per 100,000 peopleAquitaine16.8Languedoc-Roussillon: 15.9 per 100,000 peopleLanguedoc-Roussillon15.9Lorraine: 15.8 per 100,000 peopleLorraine15.8Haute-Normandie: 15.7 per 100,000 peopleHaute-Normandie15.7Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 14.3 per 100,000 peopleProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur14.3Midi-Pyrénées: 13.4 per 100,000 peopleMidi-Pyrénées13.4Rhône-Alpes: 12.6 per 100,000 peopleRhône-Alpes12.6Alsace: 11.4 per 100,000 peopleAlsace11.4La Réunion: 11.2 per 100,000 peopleLa Réunion11.2Corse: 10.6 per 100,000 peopleCorse10.6Guadeloupe: 9.5 per 100,000 peopleGuadeloupe9.5Guyane: 9.5 per 100,000 peopleGuyane9.5Ile-de-France: 8.4 per 100,000 peopleIle-de-France8.4Martinique: 5.6 per 100,000 peopleMartinique5.6Bretagne: 26 per 100,000 peopleBretagne26Basse-Normandie: 24.9 per 100,000 peopleBasse-Normandie24.9Nord-Pas de Calais: 21.9 per 100,000 peopleNord-Pas de Calais21.9Pays de la Loire: 19.7 per 100,000 peoplePays de la Loire19.7Limousin: 19.7 per 100,000 peopleLimousin19.7Poitou-Charentes: 19.6 per 100,000 peoplePoitou-Charentes19.6Picardie: 19.5 per 100,000 peoplePicardie19.5Auvergne: 19.2 per 100,000 peopleAuvergne19.2Franche-Comté: 19.2 per 100,000 peopleFranche-Comté19.2Centre - Val de Loire: 19 per 100,000 peopleCentre - Val de Loire19Bourgogne: 18.2 per 100,000 peopleBourgogne18.2Champagne-Ardenne: 17.8 per 100,000 peopleChampagne-Ardenne17.8Aquitaine: 16.8 per 100,000 peopleAquitaine16.8Languedoc-Roussillon: 15.9 per 100,000 peopleLanguedoc-Roussillon15.9Lorraine: 15.8 per 100,000 peopleLorraine15.8Haute-Normandie: 15.7 per 100,000 peopleHaute-Normandie15.7Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 14.3 per 100,000 peopleProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur14.3Midi-Pyrénées: 13.4 per 100,000 peopleMidi-Pyrénées13.4Rhône-Alpes: 12.6 per 100,000 peopleRhône-Alpes12.6Alsace: 11.4 per 100,000 peopleAlsace11.4La Réunion: 11.2 per 100,000 peopleLa Réunion11.2Corse: 10.6 per 100,000 peopleCorse10.6Guadeloupe: 9.5 per 100,000 peopleGuadeloupe9.5Guyane: 9.5 per 100,000 peopleGuyane9.5Ile-de-France: 8.4 per 100,000 peopleIle-de-France8.4Martinique: 5.6 per 100,000 peopleMartinique5.6
per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 X60-X84_Y870 (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankRegions2012
per 100,000 people		Change on 2011
1Bretagne26-0.8 pts
2Basse-Normandie24.9-0.4 pts
3Nord-Pas de Calais21.9+0.5 pts
4Pays de la Loire19.7-2.6 pts
5Limousin19.7-2.4 pts
6Poitou-Charentes19.6-2.8 pts
7Picardie19.5-2.8 pts
8Auvergne19.2-0.2 pts
9Franche-Comté19.2-1.7 pts
10Centre - Val de Loire19-0.8 pts
11Bourgogne18.2-1.4 pts
12Champagne-Ardenne17.8-2.3 pts
13Aquitaine16.8+0.3 pts
14Languedoc-Roussillon15.9-1.6 pts
15Lorraine15.8-3.8 pts
16Haute-Normandie15.7-5.2 pts
17Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur14.3-1.6 pts
18Midi-Pyrénées13.4-0.7 pts
19Rhône-Alpes12.6-0.6 pts
20Alsace11.4-1 pts
21La Réunion11.2+0.7 pts
22Corse10.6-2.4 pts
23Guadeloupe9.5n/a
24Guyane9.5-0.5 pts
25Ile-de-France8.4-0.2 pts
26Martinique5.6-4.7 pts

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About this ranking

Deaths from [object Object] (ICD-10 X60 to X84 and Y87.0) per 100,000 inhabitants, age-standardised to the revised European Standard Population of 2013. Both sexes, all ages, by place of residence (Eurostat causes of death statistics).

suicide_rate (WHO) is a crude rate adjusted by WHO for under-reporting, so the two series differ. Age standardisation removes the effect of different age structures, so EU countries and regions can be compared with each other. US age-adjusted rates use the 2000 US standard population and are not comparable with these. Death certification and cause coding differ between countries, and Eurostat flags some values as following a different definition. Eurostat publishes these rates about two and a half years after the reference year.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. 1 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2012 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Eurostat. Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 X60-X84_Y870 (hlth_cd_asdr2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 X60-X84_Y870 (hlth_cd_asdr2) (Regions of France (NUTS 2) by suicide death rate (age-standardised), 2012) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table

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Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 X60-X84_Y870 (hlth_cd_asdr2), Regions of France (NUTS 2) by suicide death rate (age-standardised), 2012. Eurostat, European Commission, 8 June 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/suicide-death-rate-age-standardised/france-regions?period=2012. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 X60-X84_Y870 (hlth_cd_asdr2). Regions of France (NUTS 2) by suicide death rate (age-standardised), 2012. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/suicide-death-rate-age-standardised/france-regions?period=2012.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 X60-X84_Y870 (hlth_cd_asdr2), Regions of France (NUTS 2) by suicide death rate (age-standardised), 2012 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/suicide-death-rate-age-standardised/france-regions?period=2012 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which region has the highest suicide death rate (age-standardised)?

Bretagne, with 26 per 100,000 people in 2012, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest suicide death rate (age-standardised)?

Martinique, with 5.6 per 100,000 people in 2012.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 X60-X84_Y870 (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 regions have no value for 2012 and are not ranked.

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