In 2004 around 13,163 suicides occurred in Nigeria, 345 more than in 2003. In 2004, on average 36 Nigerians committed suicide every day.
Nigeria reported 9.73 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.53 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 13,163 recorded suicide cases in 2004, 9,456 were men suicides and 3,707 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.75 per 100,000 men and for women 5.45 per 100,000 female.
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