In 2011 around 1,406 suicides occurred in Ecuador, 71 more than in 2010. In 2011, on average 4 Ecuadorians committed suicide every day.
Ecuador reported 9.21 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.82 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 1,406 recorded suicide cases in 2011, 1,030 were men suicides and 376 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.52 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 2011 there were there were 2,343 homicides, then, homicides are more common than suicides. There were 1.7 homicides per suicide.
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