Eritrea - Intentional self-harm 2009

Suicides Eritrea 2009

Suicides fell in Eritrea

By 2009, suicides in Eritrea increased by 11 people to at 387 suicides In Eritrea, on average, at least one suicide happens every day.

In Eritrea there were 12.56 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 387 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 307 were men suicides and 80 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 20.25 per 100,000 men and for women 5.13 per 100,000 female.

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Eritrea - Intentional self-harm

Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2009	80	307	387	5.13	20.25	12.56
2008	82	315	398	5.38	21.37	13.23
2007	84	309	393	5.61	21.54	13.43
2006	85	302	387	5.80	21.37	13.26
2005	85	288	373	5.91	20.72	13.19
2004	84	271	355	5.99	19.99	13.05
2003	82	253	335	6.07	19.48	12.89
2002	80	238	318	6.14	19.14	12.83
2001	76	227	303	6.05	18.87	12.76
2000	78	243	321	6.36	20.79	13.99

Eritrea - Intentional self-harm

Sources: UN | Countryeconomy.com