In 2005 around 800 suicides occurred in Dominican Republic, 38 more than in 2004. On average, there are 2 suicides per day.
Dominican Republic reported 8.93 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.34 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 800 recorded suicide cases in 2005, 679 were men suicides and 121 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 14.62 per 100,000 men and for women 2.68 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 2005 there were there were 2,394 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 3 homicides per suicide.
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