Benin - Intentional self-harm

In 2005 occurred 738 suicides in Benin. This year, 23 more people committed suicide than in 2004. On average, there are 2 suicides per day.

Benin had 9.25 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.34 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 738 recorded suicide cases in 2005, 528 were men suicides and 210 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.04 per 100,000 men and for women 5.12 per 100,000 female.

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