Benin - Intentional self-harm

By 2004, suicides in Benin increased by 38 people to at 715 suicides In Benin, on average, at least one suicide happens every day.

In Benin there were 9.23 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.53 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 715 recorded suicide cases in 2004, 513 were men suicides and 203 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.06 per 100,000 men and for women 5.11 per 100,000 female.

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