Argentina - Intentional self-harm 2017

Suicides Argentina 2017

There are 9 suicides per day in Argentina

In 2017 occurred 3,216 suicides in Argentina. This year, 170 more people committed suicide than in 2016. In 2017, on average 9 Argentines committed suicide every day.

Argentina had 7.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.42 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 3,216 recorded suicide cases in 2017, 2,580 were men suicides and 636 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 11.9 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 2,317 homicides in Argentina, there are more suicides than homicides. For every homicide there were 1.4 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2017	636	2,580	3,216	2.80	11.90	7.30
2016	569	2,477	3,046	2.60	11.60	7.00
2015	608	2,492	3,100	2.80	11.80	7.20
2014	688	2,560	3,248	3.20	12.30	7.60
2013	590	2,407	2,997	2.70	11.70	7.10
2012	631	2,632	3,263	3.00	12.90	7.80
2011	586	2,342	2,928	2.80	11.60	7.10
2010	567	2,391	2,958	2.70	12.00	7.30
2009	586	2,314	2,900	2.80	11.70	7.20
2008	613	2,455	3,068	3.00	12.60	7.70
2007	600	2,354	2,954	3.00	12.20	7.50
2006	612	2,502	3,114	3.10	13.10	8.00
2005	666	2,403	3,069	3.40	12.70	7.90
2004	655	2,476	3,131	3.30	13.20	8.20
2003	688	2,616	3,304	3.60	14.10	8.70
2002	704	2,465	3,169	3.70	13.40	8.40
2001	676	2,466	3,142	3.60	13.50	8.50
2000	551	2,232	2,783	2.90	12.40	7.60
1999	494	1,937	2,431	2.70	10.90	6.70
1998	528	1,830	2,358	2.90	10.40	6.50
1997	547	1,668	2,215	3.00	9.60	6.20
1996	536	1,709	2,245	3.00	9.90	6.40
1995	508	1,707	2,215	2.90	10.00	6.40
1994	512	1,746	2,258	2.90	10.40	6.60
1993	494	1,755	2,249	2.90	10.50	6.60
1992	510	1,699	2,209	3.00	10.30	6.60
1991	502	1,459	1,961	3.00	9.00	5.90
1990	599	1,554	2,153	3.60	9.70	6.60
1989	613	1,657	2,270	3.70	10.50	7.10
1988	668	1,703	2,371	4.10	10.90	7.50
1987	691	1,617	2,308	4.40	10.50	7.40
1986	647	1,654	2,301	4.10	10.90	7.50
1985	544	1,477	2,021	3.50	9.90	6.70
1984	482	1,410	1,892	3.20	9.60	6.30
1983	530	1,346	1,876	3.60	9.30	6.40
1982	500	1,525	2,025	3.40	10.70	7.00
1979	515	1,318	1,833	3.70	9.60	6.60
1978	569	1,530	2,099	4.10	11.30	7.70
1977	545	1,481	2,026	4.00	11.10	7.50
1970	593	1,714	2,307	5.00	14.30	9.60
1969	506	1,814	2,320	4.30	15.30	9.80
1968	550	1,794	2,344	4.80	15.30	10.10
1967	493	1,630	2,123	4.30	14.10	9.30
1966	405	1,259	1,664	3.60	11.00	7.40

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