Ecuador - Intentional self-harm

In 2010 occurred 1,335 suicides in Ecuador. This year, 24 fewer people committed suicide than in 2009. In 2010, on average 4 Ecuadorians committed suicide every day.

Ecuador had 8.89 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.89 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 1,335 recorded suicide cases in 2010, 994 were men suicides and 341 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.26 per 100,000 men and for women 4.55 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Ecuador. However, in Ecuador in 2010 there were there were 2,624 homicides, and therefore, number of deaths by murder is far greater than people to take their own lives. There were 2 homicides per suicide.

Related data:

• Homicides in Ecuador
• Ecuador economy
• Country suicides ranking