Türkiye Turkey - Intentional self-harm

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Suicides Türkiye 2012

Türkiye has a low suicide rate

In 2012 occurred 1,450 suicides in Türkiye. This year, 302 more people committed suicide than in 2011. In 2012, on average 4 Turks committed suicide every day.

Türkiye had 1.88 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.87 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Türkiye has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 1,450 recorded suicide cases in 2012, 1,072 were men suicides and 378 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 2.77 per 100,000 men and for women 0.99 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Türkiye. However, in Türkiye in 2012 there were there were 3,216 homicides, and therefore, number of deaths by murder is far greater than people to take their own lives. There were 2.2 homicides per suicide.

Related data:

Türkiye - Intentional self-harm
DateFemale suicidesMale suicidesSuicidesFemale suicide rateMale suicide rateSuicide rate
20123781,0721,4500.992.771.88
20112988501,1480.792.241.52
20103761,1481,5241.003.102.10
20092608431,1030.702.301.50
Türkiye - Intentional self-harm
Türkiye - Intentional self-harm