Brazil - Intentional self-harm 1998

Suicides Brazil 1998

Brazil has a low suicide rate

By 1998, suicides in Brazil increased by 59 people to at 6,978 suicides In 1998, on average 19 Brazilians committed suicide every day.

In Brazil there were 4.1 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 14.84 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Brazil has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 6,978 recorded suicide cases in 1998, 5,522 were men suicides and 1,456 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 6.6 per 100,000 men and for women 1.7 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Brazil. However, in Brazil in 1998 there were there were 41,950 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 6 homicides per suicide.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1998	1,456	5,522	6,978	1.70	6.60	4.10
1997	1,423	5,496	6,919	1.70	6.60	4.20
1996	1,406	5,332	6,738	1.70	6.50	4.10
1995	1,410	5,174	6,584	1.70	6.40	4.10
1994	1,299	4,632	5,931	1.60	5.80	3.70
1993	1,193	4,354	5,547	1.50	5.60	3.50
1992	1,178	4,074	5,252	1.50	5.30	3.40
1991	1,202	3,980	5,182	1.60	5.30	3.40
1990	1,225	3,618	4,843	1.60	4.90	3.30
1989	1,072	3,417	4,489	1.50	4.70	3.10
1988	1,147	3,345	4,492	1.60	4.70	3.10
1987	1,171	3,527	4,698	1.70	5.00	3.30
1986	1,167	3,140	4,307	1.70	4.50	3.10
1985	1,073	3,180	4,253	1.60	4.70	3.10
1984	1,157	3,274	4,431	1.70	4.90	3.30
1983	1,286	3,299	4,585	2.00	5.00	3.50
1982	1,071	2,846	3,917	1.70	4.40	3.10
1981	1,190	2,869	4,059	1.90	4.60	3.30
1980	1,179	2,715	3,894	1.90	4.40	3.20
1979	1,085	2,401	3,486	1.80	4.10	3.00

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