Brazil - Intentional self-harm 2016

Suicides Brazil 2016

There are 31 suicides per day in Brazil

In 2016 occurred 11,429 suicides in Brazil. This year, 253 more people committed suicide than in 2015. In 2016, on average 31 Brazilians committed suicide every day.

Brazil had 5.6 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.41 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 11,429 recorded suicide cases in 2016, 9,052 were men suicides and 2,377 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 9 per 100,000 men and for women 2.3 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Brazil. However, in Brazil in 2016 there were there were 61,208 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 5.4 homicides per suicide.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2016	2,377	9,052	11,429	2.30	9.00	5.60
2015	2,396	8,780	11,176	2.30	8.80	5.50
2014	2,233	8,419	10,652	2.20	8.50	5.30
2013	2,223	8,309	10,532	2.20	8.50	5.30
2012	2,257	8,061	10,318	2.20	8.30	5.20
2011	2,089	7,762	9,851	2.10	8.10	5.00
2010	2,073	7,375	9,448	2.10	7.70	4.80
2009	1,872	7,500	9,372	1.90	7.90	4.90
2008	1,917	7,289	9,206	2.00	7.80	4.80
2007	1,872	6,995	8,867	1.90	7.50	4.70
2006	1,805	6,834	8,639	1.90	7.40	4.60
2005	1,805	6,742	8,547	1.90	7.40	4.60
2004	1,703	6,311	8,014	1.80	7.00	4.40
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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