Nigeria - Intentional self-harm 2010

Suicides Nigeria 2010

There are 43 suicides per day in Nigeria

By 2010, suicides in Nigeria increased by 479 people to at 15,559 suicides In 2010, on average 43 Nigerians committed suicide every day.

In Nigeria there were 9.82 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.89 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 15,559 recorded suicide cases in 2010, 11,056 were men suicides and 4,503 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.64 per 100,000 men and for women 5.64 per 100,000 female.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2010	4,503	11,056	15,559	5.64	13.64	9.82
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