In 2009 around 1,359 suicides occurred in Ecuador, 74 more than in 2008. In 2009, on average 4 Ecuadorians committed suicide every day.
Ecuador reported 9.22 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 1,359 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 1,034 were men suicides and 325 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 14.02 per 100,000 men and for women 4.41 per 100,000 female.
Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Ecuador. However, in Ecuador in 2009 there were there were 2,625 homicides, and therefore, number of deaths by murder is far greater than people to take their own lives. There were 1.9 homicides per suicide.
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