In 2012 around 7,518 suicides occurred in Ethiopia, 215 more than in 2011. In 2012, on average 21 Ethiopians committed suicide every day.
Ethiopia reported 8.78 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.87 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 7,518 recorded suicide cases in 2012, 5,838 were men suicides and 1,680 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 12.28 per 100,000 men and for women 3.58 per 100,000 female.
Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Ethiopia. However, in Ethiopia in 2012 there were there were 8,153 homicides, then, homicides are more common than suicides. There were 1.1 homicides per suicide.
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