Papua New Guinea - Intentional self-harm

By 2004, suicides in Papua New Guinea increased by 79 people to at 523 suicides In Papua New Guinea, on average, at least one suicide happens every day.

In Papua New Guinea there were 9.26 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.53 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 523 recorded suicide cases in 2004, 387 were men suicides and 136 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 11.79 per 100,000 men and for women 4.52 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Papua New Guinea. However, in Papua New Guinea in 2004 there were there were 609 homicides, then, homicides are more common than suicides. There were 1.2 homicides per suicide.

Related data:

• Homicides in Papua New Guinea
• Papua New Guinea economy
• Country suicides ranking