In 2014 around 2,957 suicides occurred in Kenya, 76 more than in 2013. In 2014, on average 8 Kenyans committed suicide every day.
Kenya reported 6.97 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.71 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 2,957 recorded suicide cases in 2014, 2,339 were men suicides and 618 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.27 per 100,000 men and for women 2.68 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 2,305 homicides in Kenya, there are more suicides than homicides. For every homicide there were 1.3 suicides.
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