Brazil - Intentional self-harm

By 2012, suicides in Brazil increased by 467 people to at 10,318 suicides In 2012, on average 28 Brazilians committed suicide every day.

In Brazil there were 5.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.87 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 10,318 recorded suicide cases in 2012, 8,061 were men suicides and 2,257 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 8.3 per 100,000 men and for women 2.2 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Brazil. However, in Brazil in 2012 there were there were 56,388 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 5.5 homicides per suicide.

Related data:

• Homicides in Brazil
• Brazil economy
• Country suicides ranking