Costa Rica had 2.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 11.8 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Costa Rica has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 41 recorded suicide cases in 1970, 36 were men suicides and 5 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 4 per 100,000 men and for women 0.6 per 100,000 female.
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