Bolivia - Intentional self-harm

By 2002, suicides in Bolivia increased by 15 people to at 1,948 suicides In 2002, on average 5 Bolivians committed suicide every day.

In Bolivia there were 22.26 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 10.78 suicides per 100,000 people.

Bolivia has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 1,948 recorded suicide cases in 2002, 1,249 were men suicides and 699 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 27.78 per 100,000 men and for women 15.87 per 100,000 female. In spite of this, it is one of the countries with the highest female suicide rate in the world.

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