Mauritania - Intentional self-harm 2012

Suicides Mauritania 2012

Suicides increase in Mauritania

In 2012 occurred 215 suicides in Mauritania. This year, 14 more people committed suicide than in 2011.

Mauritania had 6.22 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.87 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 215 recorded suicide cases in 2012, 151 were men suicides and 64 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 8.51 per 100,000 men and for women 3.42 per 100,000 female.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2012	64	151	215	3.42	8.51	6.22
2011	61	140	201	3.38	8.14	5.97
2010	59	139	199	3.41	8.30	6.05
2009	57	136	193	3.41	8.31	6.04
2008	55	132	187	3.39	8.26	6.01
2007	53	126	179	3.35	8.04	5.89
2006	51	121	172	3.27	7.91	5.81
2005	48	113	160	3.15	7.53	5.26
2004	46	113	160	3.14	7.73	5.39
2003	45	109	153	3.08	7.57	5.32
2002	43	103	146	3.02	7.34	5.21
2001	41	97	138	2.95	7.03	5.07
2000	39	91	130	2.90	6.76	4.93

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Sources: Countryeconomy.com | UN