In 2013 around 713 suicides occurred in El Salvador, 43 less than in 2012. In El Salvador, on average, at least one suicide happens every year.
El Salvador reported 11.39 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.78 suicides per 100,000 people.
Of the 713 recorded suicide cases in 2013, 555 were men suicides and 158 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 18.79 per 100,000 men and for women 4.9 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 2013 there were there were 2,513 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 3.5 homicides per suicide.
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