In 1993 around 2,358 suicides occurred in Mexico, 112 more than in 1992. In 1993, on average 6 Mexicans committed suicide every day.
Mexico reported 2.7 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 15.86 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Mexico has a low suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 2,358 recorded suicide cases in 1993, 2,027 were men suicides and 331 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 4.6 per 100,000 men and for women 0.7 per 100,000 female.
Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Mexico. However, in Mexico in 1993 there were there were 16,040 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 6.8 homicides per suicide.
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