Iraq - Intentional self-harm

In 2010 occurred 809 suicides in Iraq. This year, 37 more people committed suicide than in 2009. On average, there are 2 suicides per day.

Iraq had 2.61 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.89 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Iraq, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.

Of the 809 recorded suicide cases in 2010, 460 were men suicides and 349 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 2.95 per 100,000 men and for women 2.22 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Iraq. However, in Iraq in 2010 there were there were 2,691 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 3.3 homicides per suicide.

Related data:

• Homicides in Iraq
• Iraq economy
• Country suicides ranking