In 2006 around 2,695 suicides occurred in Tanzania, 31 more than in 2005. In 2006, on average 7 Tanzanians committed suicide every day.
Tanzania reported 7.01 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.12 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 2,695 recorded suicide cases in 2006, 2,015 were men suicides and 680 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.07 per 100,000 men and for women 3.31 per 100,000 female.
Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Tanzania. However, in Tanzania in 2006 there were there were 2,926 homicides, then, homicides are more common than suicides. There were 1.1 homicides per suicide.
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