In 2008 around 1,277 suicides occurred in Algeria, 11 more than in 2007. In 2008, on average 3 Algerians committed suicide every day.
Algeria reported 3.69 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.96 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 1,277 recorded suicide cases in 2008, 987 were men suicides and 289 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 5.6 per 100,000 men and for women 1.71 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Algeria suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 328 homicides in Algeria, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 3.9 suicides.
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