Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo - Intentional self-harm

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Suicides Democratic Republic of the Congo 2009

There are 16 suicides per day in Democratic Republic of the Congo

In 2009 occurred 5,981 suicides in Democratic Republic of the Congo. This year, 124 more people committed suicide than in 2008. In 2009, on average 16 Congolese committed suicide every day.

Democratic Republic of the Congo had 9.37 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 5,981 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 4,203 were men suicides and 1,778 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.21 per 100,000 men and for women 5.48 per 100,000 female.

Related data:

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Intentional self-harm
DateFemale suicidesMale suicidesSuicidesFemale suicide rateMale suicide rateSuicide rate
20091,7784,2035,9815.4813.219.37
20081,7244,1335,8575.4913.419.48
20071,6684,0255,6945.4813.499.52
20061,6503,9735,6235.5913.759.71
20051,6403,9345,5745.7414.069.94
20041,6053,8635,4685.7914.2510.07
20031,5843,8975,4815.8914.8110.42
20021,5323,8675,3995.8715.1410.59
20011,4923,7825,2745.8915.2710.67
20001,4793,7635,2426.0215.6610.91
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Intentional self-harm
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Intentional self-harm
Sources: UN | Countryeconomy.com