Chile - Intentional self-harm 2008

Suicides Chile 2008

There are 6 suicides per day in Chile

In 2008 occurred 2,088 suicides in Chile. This year, 240 more people committed suicide than in 2007. In 2008, on average 6 Chileans committed suicide every day.

Chile had 12.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.96 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 2,088 recorded suicide cases in 2008, 1,674 were men suicides and 414 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 20.4 per 100,000 men and for women 4.9 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Chile suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 588 homicides in Chile, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 3.6 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2008	414	1,674	2,088	4.90	20.40	12.50
2007	352	1,496	1,848	4.20	18.40	11.20
2006	297	1,498	1,795	3.60	18.60	11.00
2005	279	1,401	1,680	3.40	17.60	10.40
2004	263	1,472	1,735	3.20	18.70	10.80
2003	252	1,402	1,654	3.10	18.00	10.40
2002	246	1,357	1,603	3.10	17.60	10.20
2001	233	1,392	1,625	3.00	18.20	10.50
2000	207	1,266	1,473	2.70	16.80	9.60
1999	138	903	1,041	1.80	12.10	6.90
1998	132	899	1,031	1.70	12.20	6.90
1997	134	776	910	1.80	10.70	6.20
1996	121	796	917	1.60	11.10	6.30
1995	123	807	930	1.70	11.40	6.50
1994	97	704	801	1.30	10.10	5.70
1993	116	624	740	1.60	9.10	5.30
1992	96	562	658	1.40	8.30	4.80
1991	133	654	787	2.00	9.90	5.90
1990	109	634	743	1.60	9.70	5.60
1989	99	626	725	1.50	9.80	5.60
1988	117	580	697	1.80	9.20	5.50
1987	125	568	693	2.00	9.20	5.50
1986	122	533	655	2.00	8.80	5.30
1985	111	572	683	1.80	9.60	5.60
1984	105	631	736	1.70	10.70	6.20
1982	83	563	646	1.40	9.90	5.60
1981	114	537	651	2.00	9.60	5.70
1980	80	460	540	1.40	8.30	4.80
1979	118	531	649	2.10	9.80	5.90
1978	97	470	567	1.80	8.80	5.20
1977	82	538	620	1.50	10.20	5.80
1976	123	464	587	2.30	8.90	5.60
1975	121	566	687	2.30	11.00	6.60
1974	92	463	555	1.80	9.20	5.40
1973	98	392	490	1.90	7.90	4.90
1972	111	447	558	2.20	9.10	5.60
1971	97	469	566	2.00	9.80	5.80
1970	123	456	579	2.50	9.70	6.10
1969	146	503	649	3.10	10.90	6.90
1968	154	601	755	3.30	13.20	8.20
1967	31	156	187	0.70	3.50	2.10
1966	143	451	594	3.20	10.30	6.70
1965	46	125	171	1.10	2.90	2.00
1964	52	197	249	1.20	4.70	2.90
1963	31	259	290	0.70	6.40	3.50
1962	107	422	529	2.60	10.60	6.60
1961	153	460	613	3.90	11.90	7.80
1960	124	447	571	3.20	11.80	7.50

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