In 2001 around 720 suicides occurred in Dominican Republic, 139 more than in 2000. In Dominican Republic, on average, at least one suicide happens every year.
Dominican Republic reported 8.45 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.88 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 720 recorded suicide cases in 2001, 607 were men suicides and 113 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.8 per 100,000 men and for women 2.64 per 100,000 female.
Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Dominican Republic. However, in Dominican Republic in 2001 there were there were 1,095 homicides, then, homicides are more common than suicides. There were 1.5 homicides per suicide.
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