Cameroon - Intentional self-harm 2009

Suicides Cameroon 2009

There are 7 suicides per day in Cameroon

By 2009, suicides in Cameroon increased by 62 people to at 2,405 suicides In 2009, on average 7 Cameroonians committed suicide every day.

In Cameroon there were 12.15 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 2,405 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 1,845 were men suicides and 560 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 19.2 per 100,000 men and for women 5.76 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 1,277 homicides in Cameroon, there are more suicides than homicides. For every homicide there were 1.9 suicides.

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Cameroon - Intentional self-harm

Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2009	560	1,845	2,405	5.76	19.20	12.15
2008	542	1,801	2,343	5.74	19.29	12.17
2007	518	1,728	2,246	5.64	19.04	11.99
2006	499	1,667	2,165	5.58	18.89	11.88
2005	477	1,604	2,081	5.49	18.68	11.73
2004	460	1,531	1,991	5.44	18.33	11.53
2003	444	1,470	1,914	5.40	18.10	11.39
2002	427	1,392	1,820	5.33	17.62	11.12
2001	412	1,336	1,748	5.28	17.38	10.97
2000	397	1,260	1,657	5.22	16.82	10.68

Cameroon - Intentional self-harm

Sources: UN | Countryeconomy.com