Democratic Republic of the Congo - Intentional self-harm 2013

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Intentional self-harm

Suicides Democratic Republic of the Congo 2013

There are 19 suicides per day in Democratic Republic of the Congo

In 2013 around 6,895 suicides occurred in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 233 more than in 2012. In 2013, on average 19 Congolese committed suicide every day.

Democratic Republic of the Congo reported 9.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.78 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 6,895 recorded suicide cases in 2013, 4,809 were men suicides and 2,086 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.21 per 100,000 men and for women 5.63 per 100,000 female.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo - Intentional self-harm

Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2013	2,086	4,809	6,895	5.63	13.21	9.50
2012	2,000	4,662	6,662	5.58	13.25	9.48
2011	1,933	4,504	6,438	5.58	13.24	9.45
2010	1,893	4,368	6,261	5.65	13.28	9.49
2009	1,778	4,203	5,981	5.48	13.21	9.37
2008	1,724	4,133	5,857	5.49	13.41	9.48
2007	1,668	4,025	5,694	5.48	13.49	9.52
2006	1,650	3,973	5,623	5.59	13.75	9.71
2005	1,640	3,934	5,574	5.74	14.06	9.94
2004	1,605	3,863	5,468	5.79	14.25	10.07
2003	1,584	3,897	5,481	5.89	14.81	10.42
2002	1,532	3,867	5,399	5.87	15.14	10.59
2001	1,492	3,782	5,274	5.89	15.27	10.67
2000	1,479	3,763	5,242	6.02	15.66	10.91

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Intentional self-harm

Sources: Countryeconomy.com | UN