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Suicides Democratic Republic of the Congo 2015

There are 21 suicides per day in Democratic Republic of the Congo

In 2015 occurred 7,577 suicides in Democratic Republic of the Congo. This year, 321 more people committed suicide than in 2014. In 2015, on average 21 Congolese committed suicide every day.

Democratic Republic of the Congo had 9.81 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.51 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 7,577 recorded suicide cases in 2015, 5,277 were men suicides and 2,300 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.53 per 100,000 men and for women 5.8 per 100,000 female.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo - Intentional self-harm
DateFemale suicidesMale suicidesSuicidesFemale suicide rateMale suicide rateSuicide rate
20152,3005,2777,5775.8013.539.81
20142,2065,0507,2565.7513.409.69
20132,0864,8096,8955.6313.219.50
20122,0004,6626,6625.5813.259.48
20111,9334,5046,4385.5813.249.45
20101,8934,3686,2615.6513.289.49
20091,7784,2035,9815.4813.219.37
20081,7244,1335,8575.4913.419.48
20071,6684,0255,6945.4813.499.52
20061,6503,9735,6235.5913.759.71
20051,6403,9345,5745.7414.069.94
20041,6053,8635,4685.7914.2510.07
20031,5843,8975,4815.8914.8110.42
20021,5323,8675,3995.8715.1410.59
20011,4923,7825,2745.8915.2710.67
20001,4793,7635,2426.0215.6610.91
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Intentional self-harm
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Intentional self-harm
Sources: UN | Countryeconomy.com