In Ecuador there were 6.85 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.78 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 1,080 recorded suicide cases in 2013, 802 were men suicides and 278 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 10.2 per 100,000 men and for women 3.54 per 100,000 female.
Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Ecuador. However, in Ecuador in 2013 there were there were 1,725 homicides, then, homicides are more common than suicides. There were 1.6 homicides per suicide.
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