In 2011 around 2,167 suicides occurred in Egypt, 140 more than in 2010. In 2011, on average 6 Egyptians committed suicide every day.
Egypt reported 2.69 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.82 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Egypt, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 2,167 recorded suicide cases in 2011, 1,559 were men suicides and 608 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 3.45 per 100,000 men and for women 1.38 per 100,000 female.
Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Egypt. However, in Egypt in 2011 there were there were 2,703 homicides, then, homicides are more common than suicides. There were 1.2 homicides per suicide.
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