In 2010 around 655 suicides occurred in Dominican Republic, 78 more than in 2009. In Dominican Republic, on average, at least one suicide happens every year.
Dominican Republic reported 6.91 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.89 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 655 recorded suicide cases in 2010, 545 were men suicides and 110 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 11.02 per 100,000 men and for women 2.28 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 2010 there were there were 2,474 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 3.8 homicides per suicide.
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