In Colombia there were 5.1 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 2,480 recorded suicide cases in 2016, 2,033 were men suicides and 447 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 8.4 per 100,000 men and for women 1.8 per 100,000 female.
Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Colombia. However, in Colombia in 2016 there were there were 12,402 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 5 homicides per suicide.
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