In 2010 around 3,606 suicides occurred in Pakistan, 26 less than in 2009. In 2010, on average 10 Pakistanis committed suicide every day.
Pakistan reported 2.03 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.89 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Pakistan has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 3,606 recorded suicide cases in 2010, 1,841 were men suicides and 1,765 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 1.84 per 100,000 men and for women 1.87 per 100,000 female.
Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Pakistan. However, in Pakistan in 2010 there were there were 13,190 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 3.7 homicides per suicide.
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