Mozambique - Intentional self-harm

By 2004, suicides in Mozambique increased by 13 people to at 1,868 suicides In 2004, on average 5 Mozambicans committed suicide every day.

In Mozambique there were 9.38 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.53 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 1,868 recorded suicide cases in 2004, 1,374 were men suicides and 494 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 14.34 per 100,000 men and for women 4.88 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Mozambique suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 1,130 homicides in Mozambique, there are more suicides than homicides. For every homicide there were 1.7 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Mozambique
• Mozambique economy
• Country suicides ranking