Ecuador - Intentional self-harm

In 2005 occurred 1,284 suicides in Ecuador. This year, 215 more people committed suicide than in 2004. In 2005, on average 4 Ecuadorians committed suicide every day.

Ecuador had 9.36 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.34 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 1,284 recorded suicide cases in 2005, 944 were men suicides and 340 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.69 per 100,000 men and for women 4.94 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Ecuador. However, in Ecuador in 2005 there were there were 2,121 homicides, then, homicides are more common than suicides. There were 1.7 homicides per suicide.

Related data:

• Homicides in Ecuador
• Ecuador economy
• Country suicides ranking