Algeria - Intentional self-harm 2012

Suicides Algeria 2012

There are 3 suicides per day in Algeria

By 2012, suicides in Algeria increased by 6 people to at 1,206 suicides In 2012, on average 3 Algerians committed suicide every day.

In Algeria there were 3.22 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.87 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Algeria, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.

Of the 1,206 recorded suicide cases in 2012, 974 were men suicides and 231 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 5.13 per 100,000 men and for women 1.27 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 523 homicides in Algeria, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.3 suicides.

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Algeria - Intentional self-harm

Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2012	231	974	1,206	1.27	5.13	3.22
2011	234	966	1,200	1.31	5.18	3.27
2010	246	977	1,223	1.40	5.34	3.40
2009	267	987	1,255	1.55	5.50	3.56
2008	289	987	1,277	1.71	5.60	3.69
2007	306	960	1,266	1.84	5.54	3.74
2006	325	917	1,242	1.98	5.38	3.72
2005	338	874	1,212	2.09	5.20	3.69
2004	354	827	1,180	2.22	4.99	3.65
2003	357	776	1,133	2.27	4.75	3.55
2002	348	731	1,079	2.24	4.53	3.43
2001	332	681	1,012	2.17	4.28	3.27
2000	312	626	937	2.07	3.98	3.07

Algeria - Intentional self-harm

Sources: UN | Countryeconomy.com