In 1987 around 1,723 suicides occurred in Mexico, 5 less than in 1986. In 1987, on average 5 Mexicans committed suicide every day.
Mexico reported 2.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 15.56 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Mexico has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 1,723 recorded suicide cases in 1987, 1,433 were men suicides and 290 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 3.6 per 100,000 men and for women 0.7 per 100,000 female.
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