In 2003 around 2,048 suicides occurred in Egypt, 20 less than in 2002. In 2003, on average 6 Egyptians committed suicide every day.
Egypt reported 3.01 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.69 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Egypt, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 2,048 recorded suicide cases in 2003, 1,335 were men suicides and 713 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 3.47 per 100,000 men and for women 1.9 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Egypt suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 471 homicides in Egypt, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 4.3 suicides.
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