Uganda - Intentional self-harm

By 2010, suicides in Uganda increased by 72 people to at 2,302 suicides In 2010, on average 6 Ugandans committed suicide every day.

In Uganda there were 7.54 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.89 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 2,302 recorded suicide cases in 2010, 1,597 were men suicides and 705 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.03 per 100,000 men and for women 4.29 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Uganda. However, in Uganda in 2010 there were there were 3,160 homicides, then, homicides are more common than suicides. There were 1.4 homicides per suicide.

Related data:

• Homicides in Uganda
• Uganda economy
• Country suicides ranking