Mexico - Intentional self-harm

By 2010, suicides in Mexico increased by 178 people to at 5,012 suicides In 2010, on average 14 Mexicans committed suicide every day.

In Mexico there were 4.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.89 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 5,012 recorded suicide cases in 2010, 3,996 were men suicides and 903 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 7.2 per 100,000 men and for women 1.6 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Mexico. However, in Mexico in 2010 there were there were 25,757 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 5.1 homicides per suicide.

Related data:

• Homicides in Mexico
• Mexico economy
• Country suicides ranking