In 2004 around 1,167 suicides occurred in Burkina Faso, 18 more than in 2003. In 2004, on average 3 Burkinabe committed suicide every day.
Burkina Faso reported 8.96 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.53 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 1,167 recorded suicide cases in 2004, 821 were men suicides and 346 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 12.34 per 100,000 men and for women 5.1 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Burkina Faso suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 78 homicides in Burkina Faso, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 15 suicides.
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