Malaysia - Intentional self-harm

By 2004, suicides in Malaysia increased by 31 people to at 1,344 suicides In 2004, on average 4 Malaysians committed suicide every day.

In Malaysia there were 5.19 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.53 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 1,344 recorded suicide cases in 2004, 936 were men suicides and 408 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 7.23 per 100,000 men and for women 3.29 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 497 homicides in Malaysia, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.7 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Malaysia
• Malaysia economy
• Country suicides ranking