Iraq - Intentional self-harm

By 2007, suicides in Iraq increased by 15 people to at 703 suicides In Iraq, on average, at least one suicide happens every day.

In Iraq there were 2.45 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 10 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Iraq has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 703 recorded suicide cases in 2007, 403 were men suicides and 301 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 2.83 per 100,000 men and for women 2.09 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Iraq. However, in Iraq in 2007 there were there were 1,267 homicides, then, homicides are more common than suicides. There were 1.8 homicides per suicide.

Related data:

• Homicides in Iraq
• Iraq economy
• Country suicides ranking