Mauritania had 5.81 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.12 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 172 recorded suicide cases in 2006, 121 were men suicides and 51 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 7.91 per 100,000 men and for women 3.27 per 100,000 female.
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