Taroudant, Morocco- More than 1,600 cases of suicide recorded in Morocco in 2012, according to a report from the World Health Organization (WHO), released on September 4, covering the years 2000 to 2012.
The report says men (1,431 cases) are more affected than women (198 cases), with the suicide rate increased by 97.8% between 2000 and 2012.
The report suggests that there were 5-10 suicides per 100,000 in the population, and men were more affected than women, though exact figures are not available.
WHO reports that the phenomenon affects more elder people. The suicide rate of people aged over 70 reached 14.4 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2012. This rate is 5.3 per 100 000 people nationwide during the same year.
At the international level, the report says that over 800,000 cases of suicide were registered every year.
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