Sierra Leone - Intentional self-harm

In 2003 occurred 767 suicides in Sierra Leone. This year, 31 more people committed suicide than in 2002. On average, there are 2 suicides per day.

Sierra Leone had 14.75 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10.69 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 767 recorded suicide cases in 2003, 549 were men suicides and 219 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 20.61 per 100,000 men and for women 8.13 per 100,000 female.

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