In 2014 around 696 suicides occurred in Dominican Republic, 10 more than in 2013. In Dominican Republic, on average, at least one suicide happens every year.
Dominican Republic reported 7.04 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.71 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 696 recorded suicide cases in 2014, 569 were men suicides and 127 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.97 per 100,000 men and for women 2.49 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 2014 there were there were 1,810 homicides, and therefore, number of deaths by murder is far greater than people to take their own lives. There were 2.6 homicides per suicide.
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