In Colombia there were 5.8 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.37 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 2,927 recorded suicide cases in 2019, 2,340 were men suicides and 587 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 9.4 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 Colombia. However, in Colombia in 2019 there were there were 11,750 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 4 homicides per suicide.
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