In 2009 around 2,967 suicides occurred in Tanzania, 87 more than in 2008. In 2009, on average 8 Tanzanians committed suicide every day.
Tanzania reported 7.09 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 2,967 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 2,219 were men suicides and 748 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.26 per 100,000 men and for women 3.35 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Tanzania suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 2,926 homicides in Tanzania, there are more suicides than homicides. For every homicide there were 1 suicides.
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