In 2004 around 874 suicides occurred in El Salvador, 2 less than in 2003. On average, there are 2 suicides per day.
El Salvador reported 14.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10.53 suicides per 100,000 people.
Of the 874 recorded suicide cases in 2004, 679 were men suicides and 195 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 23.43 per 100,000 men and for women 6.21 per 100,000 female.
Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in El Salvador. However, in El Salvador in 2004 there were there were 3,897 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 4.5 homicides per suicide.
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