In 2009 around 1,582 suicides occurred in Cambodia, 30 more than in 2008. In 2009, on average 4 Cambodians committed suicide every day.
Cambodia reported 11.22 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10 suicides per 100,000 people.
Of the 1,582 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 985 were men suicides and 596 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 14.08 per 100,000 men and for women 8.33 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Cambodia suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 331 homicides in Cambodia, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 4.8 suicides.
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