In 2007 around 14,099 suicides occurred in Nigeria, 426 more than in 2006. In 2007, on average 39 Nigerians committed suicide every day.
Nigeria reported 9.63 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 14,099 recorded suicide cases in 2007, 10,129 were men suicides and 3,971 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.57 per 100,000 men and for women 5.39 per 100,000 female.
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