Dominican Republic had 8.61 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.53 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 762 recorded suicide cases in 2004, 634 were men suicides and 128 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.82 per 100,000 men and for women 2.88 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 2004 there were there were 2,239 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 2.9 homicides per suicide.
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