In 2004 around 1,577 suicides occurred in Yemen, 99 more than in 2003. In 2004, on average 4 Yemenis committed suicide every day.
Yemen reported 7.88 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.53 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 1,577 recorded suicide cases in 2004, 1,065 were men suicides and 512 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.17 per 100,000 men and for women 4.99 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Yemen suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 646 homicides in Yemen, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.4 suicides.
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