Somalia - Intentional self-harm 2015

Suicides Somalia 2015

Suicides increase in Somalia

In 2015 occurred 578 suicides in Somalia. This year, 22 more people committed suicide than in 2014. In Somalia, on average, at least one suicide happens every day.

Somalia had 4.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.51 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 578 recorded suicide cases in 2015, 414 were men suicides and 164 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 6 per 100,000 men and for women 2.39 per 100,000 female.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2015	164	414	578	2.39	6.00	4.20
2014	160	396	556	2.41	5.93	4.18
2013	155	377	533	2.42	5.86	4.37
2012	152	360	512	2.45	5.78	4.33
2011	145	342	487	2.39	5.59	3.99
2010	142	329	470	2.36	5.45	3.91
2009	142	342	484	2.43	5.82	4.12
2008	138	343	480	2.41	5.97	4.20
2007	133	328	461	2.39	5.89	4.14
2006	128	323	451	2.38	5.98	4.18
2005	126	320	447	2.41	6.12	4.27
2004	124	319	443	2.45	6.30	4.38
2003	120	312	432	2.46	6.40	4.43
2002	117	301	419	2.50	6.40	4.45
2001	117	298	414	2.58	6.56	4.57
2000	117	296	413	2.68	6.79	4.73

Somalia - Intentional self-harm

Sources: UN | Countryeconomy.com