Mongolia - Intentional self-harm 2015

Suicides Mongolia 2015

Mongolia has a very high suicide rate

In 2015 occurred 836 suicides in Mongolia. This year, 6 fewer people committed suicide than in 2014. On average, there are 2 suicides per day.

Mongolia had 27.35 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 9.51 suicides per 100,000 people.

Mongolia has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 836 recorded suicide cases in 2015, 700 were men suicides and 136 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 47.5 per 100,000 men and for women 9.15 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Mongolia suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 214 homicides in Mongolia, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 3.9 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2015	136	700	836	9.15	47.50	27.35
2014	138	704	842	9.46	48.76	28.10
2013	137	694	831	9.58	49.02	28.35
2012	136	680	816	9.66	48.96	28.45
2011	136	681	817	9.87	49.84	29.05
2010	155	737	893	11.47	54.74	32.33
2009	137	575	713	10.27	43.31	26.24
2008	117	604	721	8.86	46.07	27.06
2007	112	684	796	8.57	52.77	30.40
2006	134	672	805	10.30	52.32	31.18
2005	129	669	798	10.02	52.58	31.29
2004	134	669	803	10.51	53.03	31.86
2003	123	565	688	9.73	45.15	27.58
2002	130	513	643	10.38	41.38	26.09
2001	128	504	631	10.28	41.00	25.97
2000	132	517	649	10.69	42.49	27.00

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Sources: UN | Countryeconomy.com