Egypt - Intentional self-harm

By 2007, suicides in Egypt increased by 23 people to at 1,966 suicides In 2007, on average 5 Egyptians committed suicide every day.

In Egypt there were 2.67 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 10 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Egypt, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.

Of the 1,966 recorded suicide cases in 2007, 1,335 were men suicides and 631 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 3.21 per 100,000 men and for women 1.56 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 680 homicides in Egypt, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.9 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Egypt
• Egypt economy
• Country suicides ranking