Somalia - Intentional self-harm 2009

Suicides Somalia 2009

Suicides increase in Somalia

In 2009 occurred 484 suicides in Somalia. This year, 4 more people committed suicide than in 2008. In Somalia, on average, at least one suicide happens every day.

Somalia had 4.12 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 10 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 484 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 342 were men suicides and 142 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 5.82 per 100,000 men and for women 2.43 per 100,000 female.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
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

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Sources: UN | Countryeconomy.com