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Suicides Democratic Republic of the Congo 2011

There are 18 suicides per day in Democratic Republic of the Congo

In 2011 occurred 6,438 suicides in Democratic Republic of the Congo. This year, 177 more people committed suicide than in 2010. In 2011, on average 18 Congolese committed suicide every day.

Democratic Republic of the Congo had 9.45 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.82 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 6,438 recorded suicide cases in 2011, 4,504 were men suicides and 1,933 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.24 per 100,000 men and for women 5.58 per 100,000 female.

Related data:

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Intentional self-harm
DateFemale suicidesMale suicidesSuicidesFemale suicide rateMale suicide rateSuicide rate
20111,9334,5046,4385.5813.249.45
20101,8934,3686,2615.6513.289.49
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: Countryeconomy.com | UN