Mexico - Intentional self-harm

By 1988, suicides in Mexico increased by 7 people to at 1,716 suicides In 1988, on average 5 Mexicans committed suicide every day.

In Mexico there were 2.1 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 15.07 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Mexico has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 1,716 recorded suicide cases in 1988, 1,436 were men suicides and 280 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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