In 2006 around 1,198 suicides occurred in Ecuador, 86 less than in 2005. In 2006, on average 3 Ecuadorians committed suicide every day.
Ecuador reported 8.58 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.12 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 1,198 recorded suicide cases in 2006, 817 were men suicides and 381 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 11.65 per 100,000 men and for women 5.45 per 100,000 female.
Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Ecuador. However, in Ecuador in 2006 there were there were 2,385 homicides, and therefore, number of deaths by murder is far greater than people to take their own lives. There were 2 homicides per suicide.
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