Cameroon vs Central African Republic: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 14 per 100,000 people in Cameroon and 16.9 per 100,000 people in Central African Republic, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Central African Republic, by 2.9 per 100,000 people, or 1.21 times that in Cameroon.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

CameroonCentral African RepublicWorld

What the numbers say

Central African Republic has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
In 2017, Cameroon ranked 34 and Central African Republic ranked 22 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.

Every year

deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

Year	Cameroon	Central African Republic	World
2017	14	16.9	10
2016	14.3	17.1	10.1
2015	14.4	17.2	10.2
2014	14.7	17.3	10.3
2013	14.9	17.4	10.5
2012	15.1	17.3	10.7
2011	15.4	17.5	11
2010	15.5	17.4	11.2
2009	15.6	17.2	11.4
2008	15.6	17.2	11.6
2007	15.7	17.4	11.7
2006	15.8	17.6	12
2005	15.8	17.6	12.5
2004	15.7	17.7	12.6
2003	15.8	17.8	12.8
2002	16	17.9	13
2001	16.1	17.8	13.4
2000	16.3	17.9	14.1
1999	16.2	18.1	14.5
1998	16.1	17.9	14.7
1997	15.8	17.7	15.1
1996	15.4	17.9	15.4
1995	15	17.6	15.9
1994	14.6	17.7	16.1
1993	14.2	17.6	16
1992	13.8	17.1	15.8
1991	13.3	17.1	15.5
1990	13	16.7	15.4

Each country on its own

Good to know

Deaths by suicide in a year, per 100,000 people.
Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease, via Our World in Data.
Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2017, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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Cameroon vs Central African Republic

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Deaths in conflictsCameroon: 660 deaths in 2022Central African Republic: 754 deaths in 2022