Ecuador - Intentional self-harm

By 2007, suicides in Ecuador increased by 126 people to at 1,324 suicides In 2007, on average 4 Ecuadorians committed suicide every day.

In Ecuador there were 9.31 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 1,324 recorded suicide cases in 2007, 976 were men suicides and 348 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.68 per 100,000 men and for women 4.89 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Ecuador. However, in Ecuador in 2007 there were there were 2,273 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