Bolivia - Intentional self-harm

In 2003 occurred 1,992 suicides in Bolivia. This year, 44 more people committed suicide than in 2002. In 2003, on average 5 Bolivians committed suicide every day.

Bolivia had 22.35 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 10.69 suicides per 100,000 people.

Bolivia is a country with a high rate of suicide.

Of the 1,992 recorded suicide cases in 2003, 1,259 were men suicides and 733 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 27.53 per 100,000 men and for women 16.34 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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