According to Durkheim rate of suicide means _____________.

number of suicides per 100,000 population

The correct answer is Option 3: number of suicides per 100,000 population

Émile Durkheim, in his classic sociological study of suicide, compared suicide rates across different societies to understand how social factors influence individual behavior. To make meaningful comparisons, he measured the suicide rate as the number of suicides occurring per 100,000 people in a population during a given period.