In 2007 around 776 suicides occurred in El Salvador, 38 less than in 2006. On average, there are 2 suicides per day.
El Salvador reported 12.7 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10 suicides per 100,000 people.
Of the 776 recorded suicide cases in 2007, 604 were men suicides and 171 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 20.91 per 100,000 men and for women 5.44 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 2007 there were there were 3,497 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 4.5 homicides per suicide.
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