Cuba - Intentional self-harm 2012

Suicides Cuba 2012

There are 4 suicides per day in Cuba

In 2012 occurred 1,573 suicides in Cuba. This year, 31 fewer people committed suicide than in 2011. In 2012, on average 4 Cubans committed suicide every day.

Cuba had 13.91 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.87 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 1,573 recorded suicide cases in 2012, 1,267 were men suicides and 306 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 22.45 per 100,000 men and for women 5.41 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 621 homicides in Cuba, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.5 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2012	306	1,267	1,573	5.41	22.45	13.91
2011	333	1,271	1,604	5.88	22.54	14.20
2010	346	1,301	1,647	6.12	23.07	14.59
2009	355	1,230	1,585	6.29	21.82	14.05
2008	331	1,150	1,480	5.86	20.41	13.13
2007	284	1,118	1,402	5.04	19.85	12.44
2006	281	1,166	1,448	5.00	20.71	12.85
2005	359	1,101	1,460	6.38	19.58	12.98
2004	375	1,176	1,551	6.70	20.93	13.82
2003	374	1,147	1,522	6.69	20.47	13.59
2002	459	1,156	1,615	8.23	20.66	14.46
2001	446	1,203	1,649	8.04	21.54	14.81
2000	524	1,303	1,828	9.48	23.38	16.46

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Sources: UN | Countryeconomy.com