Brazil - Intentional self-harm

In 1980 occurred 3,894 suicides in Brazil. This year, 408 more people committed suicide than in 1979. In 1980, on average 11 Brazilians committed suicide every day.

Brazil had 3.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 14.29 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Brazil has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 3,894 recorded suicide cases in 1980, 2,715 were men suicides and 1,179 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 4.4 per 100,000 men and for women 1.9 per 100,000 female.

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