In 2009 around 2,900 suicides occurred in Argentina, 168 less than in 2008. In 2009, on average 8 Argentines committed suicide every day.
Argentina reported 7.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 2,900 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 2,314 were men suicides and 586 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 11.7 per 100,000 men and for women 2.8 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Argentina suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 2,642 homicides in Argentina, there are more suicides than homicides. For every homicide there were 1.1 suicides.
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