In 2003 around 1,313 suicides occurred in Malaysia, 16 more than in 2002. In 2003, on average 4 Malaysians committed suicide every day.
Malaysia reported 5.19 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.69 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 1,313 recorded suicide cases in 2003, 910 were men suicides and 403 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 7.21 per 100,000 men and for women 3.32 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Malaysia suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 565 homicides in Malaysia, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.3 suicides.
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