Nigeria - Intentional self-harm

In 2003 occurred 12,818 suicides in Nigeria. This year, 349 more people committed suicide than in 2002. In 2003, on average 35 Nigerians committed suicide every day.

Nigeria had 9.72 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.69 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 12,818 recorded suicide cases in 2003, 9,179 were men suicides and 3,638 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.71 per 100,000 men and for women 5.5 per 100,000 female.

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