In 2013 around 831 suicides occurred in Mongolia, 15 more than in 2012. On average, there are 2 suicides per day.
Mongolia reported 28.35 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 9.78 suicides per 100,000 people.
Mongolia has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 831 recorded suicide cases in 2013, 694 were men suicides and 137 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 49.02 per 100,000 men and for women 9.58 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 208 homicides in Mongolia, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 4 suicides.
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