Cameroon - Intentional self-harm

In 2007 occurred 2,246 suicides in Cameroon. This year, 81 more people committed suicide than in 2006. In 2007, on average 6 Cameroonians committed suicide every day.

Cameroon had 11.99 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 2,246 recorded suicide cases in 2007, 1,728 were men suicides and 518 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 19.04 per 100,000 men and for women 5.64 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Cameroon suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 1,002 homicides in Cameroon, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.2 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Cameroon
• Cameroon economy
• Country suicides ranking