Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) - Africa

Definition: Suicide mortality rate is the number of suicide deaths in a year per 100,000 population. Crude suicide rate (not age-adjusted).

Description: The map below shows how Suicide mortality rate, female (per 100,000 female population) varies by country in Africa. The shade of the country corresponds to the magnitude of the indicator. The darker the shade, the higher the value. The country with the highest value in the region is Lesotho, with a value of 30.10. The country with the lowest value in the region is São Tomé and Principe, with a value of 0.80.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).

See also: Country ranking, Time series comparison

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Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual