Mexico - Intentional self-harm

In 2009 occurred 5,190 suicides in Mexico. This year, 509 more people committed suicide than in 2008. In 2009, on average 14 Mexicans committed suicide every day.

Mexico had 4.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 10 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 5,190 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 4,087 were men suicides and 972 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 7.5 per 100,000 men and for women 1.7 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Mexico. However, in Mexico in 2009 there were there were 19,803 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 3.8 homicides per suicide.

Related data:

• Homicides in Mexico
• Mexico economy
• Country suicides ranking