In 2016 around 1,856 suicides occurred in Türkiye, 324 more than in 2015. In 2016, on average 5 Turks committed suicide every day.
Türkiye reported 2.31 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.41 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Türkiye has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 1,856 recorded suicide cases in 2016, 1,422 were men suicides and 434 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 3.53 per 100,000 men and for women 1.08 per 100,000 female.
Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Türkiye. However, in Türkiye in 2016 there were there were 2,704 homicides, then, homicides are more common than suicides. There were 1.5 homicides per suicide.
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