Mauritius - Intentional self-harm 2009

Suicides Mauritius 2009

Suicides increase in Mauritius

In 2009 occurred 123 suicides in Mauritius. This year, 33 more people committed suicide than in 2008.

Mauritius had 9.87 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 123 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 98 were men suicides and 25 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 15.78 per 100,000 men and for women 4.03 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Mauritius suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 38 homicides in Mauritius, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 3.2 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2009	25	98	123	4.03	15.78	9.87
2008	13	77	90	2.14	12.43	7.26
2007	34	104	138	5.44	16.91	11.15
2006	32	101	133	5.12	16.43	10.75
2005	25	86	111	4.03	14.10	9.05
2004	25	82	107	4.04	13.50	8.75
2003	28	70	97	4.53	11.51	8.02
2002	33	111	144	5.46	18.49	11.96
2001	41	82	123	6.78	13.79	10.28
2000	33	116	149	5.52	19.57	12.54

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Sources: UN | Countryeconomy.com