Nigeria - Intentional self-harm 2009

Suicides Nigeria 2009

There are 41 suicides per day in Nigeria

In 2009 occurred 15,080 suicides in Nigeria. This year, 518 more people committed suicide than in 2008. In 2009, on average 41 Nigerians committed suicide every day.

Nigeria had 9.77 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 15,080 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 10,752 were men suicides and 4,328 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.64 per 100,000 men and for women 5.57 per 100,000 female.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2009	4,328	10,752	15,080	5.57	13.64	9.77
2008	4,139	10,423	14,562	5.47	13.59	9.69
2007	3,971	10,129	14,099	5.39	13.57	9.63
2006	3,860	9,813	13,673	5.38	13.51	9.59
2005	3,752	9,564	13,316	5.37	13.53	9.59
2004	3,707	9,456	13,163	5.45	13.75	9.73
2003	3,638	9,179	12,818	5.50	13.71	9.72
2002	3,557	8,912	12,469	5.52	13.68	9.70
2001	3,552	8,867	12,420	5.66	13.98	9.90
2000	3,514	8,592	12,105	5.75	13.91	9.90

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Sources: Countryeconomy.com | UN