Ivory Coast - Intentional self-harm 2008

Suicides Côte d'Ivoire 2008

There are 9 suicides per day in Côte d'Ivoire

In 2008 occurred 3,298 suicides in Côte d'Ivoire. This year, 99 more people committed suicide than in 2007. In 2008, on average 9 Ivorian committed suicide every day.

Côte d'Ivoire had 16.65 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 9.96 suicides per 100,000 people.

Côte d'Ivoire is a country with a high rate of suicide.

Of the 3,298 recorded suicide cases in 2008, 2,510 were men suicides and 788 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 24.47 per 100,000 men and for women 7.89 per 100,000 female.

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Côte d'Ivoire - Intentional self-harm

Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2008	788	2,510	3,298	7.89	24.47	16.65
2007	757	2,443	3,199	7.73	24.36	16.57
2006	723	2,312	3,035	7.54	23.58	16.13
2005	687	2,235	2,923	7.32	23.33	15.93
2004	669	2,188	2,857	7.29	23.39	15.98
2003	622	2,127	2,749	6.92	23.29	15.78
2002	601	2,044	2,644	6.85	22.94	15.57
2001	572	1,951	2,523	6.68	22.46	15.24
2000	534	1,828	2,362	6.41	21.58	14.64

Côte d'Ivoire - Intentional self-harm

Sources: Countryeconomy.com | UN