Benin - Intentional self-harm

In 2002 occurred 654 suicides in Benin. This year, 34 more people committed suicide than in 2001. In Benin, on average, at least one suicide happens every day.

Benin had 8.97 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.78 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 654 recorded suicide cases in 2002, 468 were men suicides and 187 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 12.68 per 100,000 men and for women 4.99 per 100,000 female.

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