In 2010 around 1,223 suicides occurred in Algeria, 32 less than in 2009. In 2010, on average 3 Algerians committed suicide every day.
Algeria reported 3.4 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.89 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Algeria, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 1,223 recorded suicide cases in 2010, 977 were men suicides and 246 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 5.34 per 100,000 men and for women 1.4 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 254 homicides in Algeria, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 4.8 suicides.
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