In 1987 around 120 suicides occurred in Costa Rica, 11 less than in 1986.
Costa Rica reported 4.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 15.56 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Costa Rica has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 120 recorded suicide cases in 1987, 98 were men suicides and 22 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 6.9 per 100,000 men and for women 1.6 per 100,000 female.
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