In Costa Rica there were 5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 15.07 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Costa Rica has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 143 recorded suicide cases in 1988, 124 were men suicides and 19 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 8.5 per 100,000 men and for women 1.3 per 100,000 female.
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