In Brazil there were 5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.82 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 9,851 recorded suicide cases in 2011, 7,762 were men suicides and 2,089 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 8.1 per 100,000 men and for women 2.1 per 100,000 female.
Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Brazil. However, in Brazil in 2011 there were there were 52,233 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 5.3 homicides per suicide.
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