Tanzania - Intentional self-harm

In 2005 occurred 2,664 suicides in Tanzania. This year, 36 more people committed suicide than in 2004. In 2005, on average 7 Tanzanians committed suicide every day.

Tanzania had 7.13 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.34 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 2,664 recorded suicide cases in 2005, 1,997 were men suicides and 667 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.26 per 100,000 men and for women 3.34 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Tanzania. However, in Tanzania in 2005 there were there were 2,926 homicides, then, homicides are more common than suicides. There were 1.1 homicides per suicide.

Related data:

• Homicides in Tanzania
• Tanzania economy
• Country suicides ranking