Cuba - Intentional self-harm

In 2009 occurred 1,585 suicides in Cuba. This year, 105 more people committed suicide than in 2008. In 2009, on average 4 Cubans committed suicide every day.

Cuba had 14.05 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 1,585 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 1,230 were men suicides and 355 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 21.82 per 100,000 men and for women 6.29 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 565 homicides in Cuba, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.8 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in Cuba
• Cuba economy
• Country suicides ranking