Barbados had 1.49 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 10 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Barbados has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 4 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 4 were men suicides and 1 were woman. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 2.71 per 100,000 men and for women 0.43 per 100,000 female.
Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Barbados. However, in Barbados in 2009 there were there were 19 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 4.8 homicides per suicide.
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