In 2013 around 1,786 suicides occurred in Ghana, 68 more than in 2012. In 2013, on average 5 Ghanaians committed suicide every day.
Ghana reported 6.74 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.78 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 1,786 recorded suicide cases in 2013, 1,395 were men suicides and 391 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.16 per 100,000 men and for women 2.83 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Ghana suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 551 homicides in Ghana, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 3.2 suicides.
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