Syria - Intentional self-harm

By 2008, suicides in Syria increased by 29 people to at 384 suicides In Syria, on average, at least one suicide happens every day.

In Syria there were 1.87 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.96 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Syria has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 384 recorded suicide cases in 2008, 299 were men suicides and 85 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 2.76 per 100,000 men and for women 0.8 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Syria. However, in Syria in 2008 there were there were 529 homicides, then, homicides are more common than suicides. There were 1.4 homicides per suicide.

Related data:

• Homicides in Syria
• Syria economy
• Country suicides ranking