In 1977 around 620 suicides occurred in Chile, 33 more than in 1976. In Chile, on average, at least one suicide happens every year.
Chile reported 5.8 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 12.83 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Chile has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 620 recorded suicide cases in 1977, 538 were men suicides and 82 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.2 per 100,000 men and for women 1.5 per 100,000 female.
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