In 2009 around 772 suicides occurred in Iraq, 37 more than in 2008. On average, there are 2 suicides per day.
Iraq reported 2.56 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 relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 772 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 439 were men suicides and 333 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 2.92 per 100,000 men and for women 2.19 per 100,000 female.
Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Iraq. However, in Iraq in 2009 there were there were 2,554 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 3.3 homicides per suicide.
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