In 2009 around 1,974 suicides occurred in Egypt, 4 more than in 2008. In 2009, on average 5 Egyptians committed suicide every day.
Egypt reported 2.57 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 1,974 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 1,357 were men suicides and 617 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 3.14 per 100,000 men and for women 1.46 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 912 homicides in Egypt, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.2 suicides.
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