In 2008 around 579 suicides occurred in Dominican Republic, 16 more than in 2007. In Dominican Republic, on average, at least one suicide happens every year.
Dominican Republic reported 6.24 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.96 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 579 recorded suicide cases in 2008, 484 were men suicides and 96 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.03 per 100,000 men and for women 2.04 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 2008 there were there were 2,394 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 4.1 homicides per suicide.
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