In 2008 around 398 suicides occurred in Eritrea, 5 more than in 2007. In Eritrea, on average, at least one suicide happens every year.
Eritrea reported 13.23 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.96 suicides per 100,000 people.
Of the 398 recorded suicide cases in 2008, 315 were men suicides and 82 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 21.37 per 100,000 men and for women 5.38 per 100,000 female.
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