Bolivia - Intentional self-harm 2014

Suicides Bolivia 2014

There are 5 suicides per day in Bolivia

By 2014, suicides in Bolivia increased by 15 people to at 2,004 suicides In 2014, on average 5 Bolivians committed suicide every day.

In Bolivia there were 18.79 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 9.71 suicides per 100,000 people.

Bolivia is a country with a high rate of suicide.

Of the 2,004 recorded suicide cases in 2014, 1,300 were men suicides and 704 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 23.67 per 100,000 men and for women 12.98 per 100,000 female. In spite of this, it is one of the countries with the highest female suicide rate in the world.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Bolivia suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 942 homicides in Bolivia, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.1 suicides.

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Bolivia - Intentional self-harm

Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2014	704	1,300	2,004	12.98	23.67	18.79
2013	704	1,285	1,989	13.20	23.75	18.92
2012	700	1,264	1,963	13.34	23.74	18.97
2011	718	1,313	2,030	13.91	25.06	19.92
2010	724	1,313	2,036	14.27	25.49	20.30
2009	731	1,330	2,061	14.67	26.25	20.89
2008	732	1,321	2,053	14.94	26.51	21.14
2007	733	1,314	2,047	15.23	26.83	21.44
2006	731	1,297	2,028	15.45	26.95	21.60
2005	731	1,290	2,022	15.74	27.27	21.90
2004	729	1,277	2,006	15.98	27.45	22.12
2003	733	1,259	1,992	16.34	27.53	22.35
2002	699	1,249	1,948	15.87	27.78	22.26
2001	687	1,276	1,963	15.87	28.88	22.85
2000	679	1,279	1,958	15.98	29.46	23.23

Bolivia - Intentional self-harm

Sources: Countryeconomy.com | UN