Ecuador - Intentional self-harm 2014

Suicides Ecuador 2014

There are 4 suicides per day in Ecuador

In 2014 occurred 1,316 suicides in Ecuador. This year, 236 more people committed suicide than in 2013. In 2014, on average 4 Ecuadorians committed suicide every day.

Ecuador had 8.21 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.71 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 1,316 recorded suicide cases in 2014, 1,045 were men suicides and 271 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 13.09 per 100,000 men and for women 3.4 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Ecuador suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 1,310 homicides in Ecuador, there are more suicides than homicides. For every homicide there were 1 suicides.

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Ecuador - Intentional self-harm

Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2014	271	1,045	1,316	3.40	13.09	8.21
2013	278	802	1,080	3.54	10.20	6.85
2012	365	1,062	1,427	4.71	13.72	9.19
2011	376	1,030	1,406	4.94	13.52	9.21
2010	341	994	1,335	4.55	13.26	8.89
2009	325	1,034	1,359	4.41	14.02	9.22
2008	331	954	1,285	4.57	13.15	8.88
2007	348	976	1,324	4.89	13.68	9.31
2006	381	817	1,198	5.45	11.65	8.58
2005	340	944	1,284	4.94	13.69	9.36
2004	308	761	1,069	4.55	11.23	7.89
2003	297	642	938	4.47	9.63	7.04
2002	249	570	819	3.82	8.71	6.26
2001	265	596	861	4.14	9.27	6.72
2000	234	579	813	3.72	9.15	6.49

Ecuador - Intentional self-harm

Sources: Countryeconomy.com | UN