Brazil - Intentional self-harm 2003

Suicides Brazil 2003

There are 22 suicides per day in Brazil

By 2003, suicides in Brazil increased by 141 people to at 7,860 suicides In 2003, on average 22 Brazilians committed suicide every day.

In Brazil there were 4.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.69 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 7,860 recorded suicide cases in 2003, 6,256 were men suicides and 1,604 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 7 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 2003 there were there were 51,064 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 6.5 homicides per suicide.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2003	1,604	6,256	7,860	1.70	7.00	4.30
2002	1,694	6,025	7,719	1.90	6.90	4.30
2001	1,560	6,177	7,737	1.70	7.10	4.40
2000	1,382	5,397	6,779	1.60	6.30	3.90
1999	1,230	5,300	6,530	1.40	6.20	3.80
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
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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