Timor-Leste - Intentional self-harm 2014

Suicides Timor-Leste 2014

Suicides increase in Timor-Leste

In 2014 occurred 89 suicides in Timor-Leste. This year, 1 more people committed suicide than in 2013.

Timor-Leste had 7.55 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.71 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 89 recorded suicide cases in 2014, 61 were men suicides and 28 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.04 per 100,000 men and for women 4.82 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Timor-Leste suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 39 homicides in Timor-Leste, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.3 suicides.

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Timor-Leste - Intentional self-harm

Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2014	28	61	89	4.82	10.04	7.55
2013	28	60	88	5.01	10.11	7.67
2012	28	60	88	5.03	10.25	7.73
2011	27	60	87	5.00	10.56	7.85
2010	25	59	84	4.74	10.56	7.68
2009	25	56	81	4.82	10.26	7.55
2008	22	46	69	4.42	8.63	6.50
2007	22	44	66	4.39	8.37	6.33
2006	22	47	69	4.54	9.18	6.77
2005	24	48	72	5.10	9.74	7.28
2004	28	56	84	6.13	11.57	8.68
2003	30	63	94	6.70	13.36	9.90
2002	30	62	91	6.77	13.18	9.91
2001	30	60	89	6.85	13.03	9.93
2000	30	61	91	7.02	13.41	10.24

Timor-Leste - Intentional self-harm

Sources: Countryeconomy.com | UN