Uganda - Intentional self-harm 2015

Suicides Uganda 2015

There are 8 suicides per day in Uganda

In 2015 occurred 2,791 suicides in Uganda. This year, 97 more people committed suicide than in 2014. In 2015, on average 8 Ugandans committed suicide every day.

Uganda had 7.86 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.51 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 2,791 recorded suicide cases in 2015, 1,923 were men suicides and 868 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.4 per 100,000 men and for women 4.57 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Uganda. However, in Uganda in 2015 there were there were 4,473 homicides, then, homicides are more common than suicides. There were 1.6 homicides per suicide.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2015	868	1,923	2,791	4.57	10.40	7.86
2014	835	1,859	2,694	4.53	10.38	7.81
2013	814	1,820	2,633	4.55	10.46	7.86
2012	775	1,746	2,521	4.46	10.34	7.75
2011	747	1,690	2,437	4.42	10.31	7.73
2010	705	1,597	2,302	4.29	10.03	7.54
2009	684	1,547	2,230	4.28	10.01	7.55
2008	651	1,509	2,160	4.20	10.06	7.56
2007	631	1,471	2,103	4.19	10.11	7.62
2006	590	1,384	1,974	4.03	9.80	7.40
2005	558	1,328	1,886	3.92	9.69	7.31
2004	547	1,340	1,887	3.95	10.07	7.56
2003	525	1,280	1,805	3.91	9.92	7.49
2002	525	1,254	1,779	4.03	10.02	7.64
2001	535	1,266	1,802	4.23	10.45	8.00
2000	531	1,229	1,760	4.33	10.46	8.07

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Sources: UN | Countryeconomy.com