Costa Rica - Intentional self-harm 1979

Suicides Costa Rica 1979

Costa Rica has a low suicide rate

By 1979, suicides in Costa Rica increased by 14 people to at 74 suicides

In Costa Rica there were 3.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 13.17 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Costa Rica has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 74 recorded suicide cases in 1979, 62 were men suicides and 12 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 5.5 per 100,000 men and for women 1.1 per 100,000 female.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1979	12	62	74	1.10	5.50	3.30
1978	18	70	88	1.70	6.30	4.00
1977	22	69	91	2.10	6.40	4.30
1976	21	94	115	2.10	9.00	5.60
1975	19	61	80	1.90	6.00	4.00
1974	15	66	81	1.60	6.60	4.10
1973	11	38	49	1.20	3.90	2.60
1972	12	48	60	1.30	5.10	3.20
1971	6	48	54	0.70	5.20	3.00
1970	5	36	41	0.60	4.00	2.30
1969	4	49	53	0.50	5.70	3.10
1968	5	39	44	0.60	4.60	2.60
1967	4	45	49	0.50	5.50	3.00
1966	5	43	48	0.60	5.50	3.10
1965	3	28	31	0.40	3.70	2.10
1964	7	34	41	1.00	4.60	2.80
1963	9	41	50	1.30	5.80	3.60
1962	5	25	30	0.70	3.70	2.20
1961	2	31	33	0.30	4.70	2.50

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