Kenya - Intentional self-harm

By 2009, suicides in Kenya increased by 64 people to at 2,662 suicides In 2009, on average 7 Kenyans committed suicide every day.

In Kenya there were 7.06 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 2,662 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 2,103 were men suicides and 559 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.48 per 100,000 men and for women 2.75 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Kenya suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 1,907 homicides in Kenya, there are more suicides than homicides. For every homicide there were 1.4 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Kenya
• Kenya economy
• Country suicides ranking