Vietnam - Intentional self-harm

Suicides Viet Nam 2015

There are 19 suicides per day in Viet Nam

By 2015, suicides in Viet Nam increased by 214 people to at 6,910 suicides In 2015, on average 19 Vietnamese committed suicide every day.

In Viet Nam there were 7.53 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.47 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 6,910 recorded suicide cases in 2015, 5,160 were men suicides and 1,749 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 11.39 per 100,000 men and for women 3.68 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Viet Nam suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 1,358 homicides in Viet Nam, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 5.1 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2015	1,749	5,160	6,910	3.68	11.39	7.53
2014	1,716	4,980	6,696	3.65	11.14	7.38
2013	1,683	4,825	6,507	3.62	10.93	7.25
2012	1,628	4,765	6,393	3.54	10.93	7.20
2011	1,582	4,743	6,325	3.48	11.02	7.20
2010	1,543	4,738	6,281	3.44	11.14	7.14
2009	1,503	4,617	6,120	3.38	10.98	7.03
2008	1,450	4,529	5,979	3.31	10.93	6.93
2007	1,397	4,317	5,714	3.26	10.60	6.69
2006	1,359	4,113	5,472	3.23	10.27	6.47
2005	1,368	4,136	5,504	3.30	10.45	6.57
2004	1,392	4,150	5,543	3.39	10.57	6.67
2003	1,412	4,100	5,512	3.47	10.54	6.70
2002	1,420	4,138	5,558	3.53	10.73	6.82
2001	1,419	4,076	5,495	3.57	10.67	6.83
2000	1,393	4,038	5,432	3.54	10.68	6.84

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Sources: UN | Countryeconomy.com