Costa Rica - Intentional self-harm 2008

Suicides Costa Rica 2008

Suicides fell in Costa Rica

By 2008, suicides in Costa Rica increased by 9 people to at 261 suicides

In Costa Rica there were 5.9 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.96 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 261 recorded suicide cases in 2008, 227 were men suicides and 34 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.2 per 100,000 men and for women 1.6 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Costa Rica. However, in Costa Rica in 2008 there were there were 512 homicides, and therefore, number of deaths by murder is far greater than people to take their own lives. There were 2 homicides per suicide.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2008	34	227	261	1.60	10.20	5.90
2007	44	226	270	2.10	10.30	6.20
2006	55	295	350	2.60	13.60	8.20
2005	41	233	274	2.00	10.90	6.50
2004	44	283	327	2.10	13.50	7.90
2003	53	264	317	2.60	12.80	7.80
2002	40	241	281	2.00	11.80	7.00
2001	29	177	206	1.50	8.80	5.20
2000	28	214	242	1.50	10.90	6.20
1999	23	210	233	1.20	11.00	6.20
1998	23	200	223	1.30	10.70	6.00
1997	28	160	188	1.60	8.80	5.20
1996	24	186	210	1.40	10.40	6.00
1995	37	174	211	2.20	10.00	6.20
1994	29	135	164	1.80	8.00	4.90
1993	27	138	165	1.70	8.40	5.10
1992	23	130	153	1.50	8.10	4.80
1991	19	111	130	1.20	7.10	4.20
1990	18	141	159	1.20	9.20	5.20
1989	31	139	170	2.10	9.30	5.80
1988	19	124	143	1.30	8.50	5.00
1987	22	98	120	1.60	6.90	4.30
1986	13	118	131	1.00	8.60	4.80
1985	16	113	129	1.20	8.40	4.90
1983	19	113	132	1.50	8.90	5.30
1982	19	71	90	1.60	5.70	3.70
1981	20	77	97	1.70	6.40	4.10
1980	25	97	122	2.20	8.30	5.30
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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