Argentina - Intentional self-harm

In 2002 occurred 3,169 suicides in Argentina. This year, 27 more people committed suicide than in 2001. In 2002, on average 9 Argentines committed suicide every day.

Argentina had 8.4 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.78 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 3,169 recorded suicide cases in 2002, 2,465 were men suicides and 704 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.4 per 100,000 men and for women 3.7 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Argentina. However, in Argentina in 2002 there were there were 3,570 homicides, then, homicides are more common than suicides. There were 1.1 homicides per suicide.

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• Homicides in Argentina
• Argentina economy
• Country suicides ranking