Nicaragua - Intentional self-harm

By 2015, suicides in Nicaragua increased by 5 people to at 577 suicides In Nicaragua, on average, at least one suicide happens every day.

In Nicaragua there were 9.18 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.51 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 577 recorded suicide cases in 2015, 443 were men suicides and 134 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 14.27 per 100,000 men and for women 4.2 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Nicaragua suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 524 homicides in Nicaragua, there are more suicides than homicides. For every homicide there were 1.1 suicides.

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• Homicides in Nicaragua
• Nicaragua economy
• Country suicides ranking