Cuba - Intentional self-harm

In 2003 occurred 1,522 suicides in Cuba. This year, 93 fewer people committed suicide than in 2002. In 2003, on average 4 Cubans committed suicide every day.

Cuba had 13.59 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10.69 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 1,522 recorded suicide cases in 2003, 1,147 were men suicides and 374 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 20.47 per 100,000 men and for women 6.69 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Cuba suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 642 homicides in Cuba, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.4 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Cuba
• Cuba economy
• Country suicides ranking