Mexico - Intentional self-harm 2017

Suicides Mexico 2017

There are 18 suicides per day in Mexico

By 2017, suicides in Mexico increased by 189 people to at 6,559 suicides In 2017, on average 18 Mexicans committed suicide every day.

In Mexico there were 5.2 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.42 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 6,559 recorded suicide cases in 2017, 5,279 were men suicides and 1,213 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 8.7 per 100,000 men and for women 1.9 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Mexico. However, in Mexico in 2017 there were there were 32,079 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 4.9 homicides per suicide.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2017	1,213	5,279	6,559	1.90	8.70	5.20
2016	1,173	5,116	6,370	1.90	8.50	5.10
2015	1,251	5,031	6,425	2.00	8.50	5.20
2014	1,231	4,984	6,337	2.00	8.50	5.20
2013	1,050	4,701	5,909	1.70	8.10	4.90
2012	1,052	4,357	5,549	1.80	7.60	4.60
2011	1,076	4,526	5,718	1.80	8.00	4.90
2010	903	3,996	5,012	1.60	7.20	4.30
2009	972	4,087	5,190	1.70	7.50	4.50
2008	861	3,807	4,681	1.50	7.00	4.20
2007	762	3,546	4,394	1.40	6.70	4.00
2006	713	3,553	4,277	1.30	6.80	4.00
2005	735	3,571	4,314	1.40	6.90	4.10
2004	678	3,414	4,117	1.30	6.70	3.90
2003	698	3,390	4,104	1.30	6.70	4.00
2002	657	3,189	3,871	1.30	6.40	3.80
2001	674	3,110	3,811	1.30	6.30	3.80
2000	538	2,937	3,475	1.10	6.10	3.50
1999	509	2,830	3,339	1.00	5.90	3.40
1998	514	2,827	3,342	1.10	6.00	3.50
1997	541	2,828	3,370	1.10	6.10	3.60
1996	495	2,523	3,020	1.00	5.50	3.20
1995	443	2,449	2,894	1.00	5.40	3.10
1994	393	2,210	2,603	0.90	5.00	2.90
1993	331	2,027	2,358	0.70	4.60	2.70
1992	343	1,903	2,246	0.80	4.40	2.60
1991	315	1,799	2,114	0.70	4.20	2.50
1990	281	1,657	1,938	0.70	4.00	2.30
1989	290	1,586	1,876	0.70	3.90	2.30
1988	280	1,436	1,716	0.70	3.60	2.10
1987	290	1,433	1,723	0.70	3.60	2.20
1986	271	1,457	1,728	0.70	3.80	2.20
1985	269	1,297	1,566	0.70	3.40	2.10
1984	146	778	924	0.40	2.10	1.20
1983	210	831	1,041	0.60	2.30	1.40
1982	259	924	1,183	0.70	2.60	1.70
1981	263	927	1,190	0.80	2.70	1.70
1980	197	779	976	0.60	2.30	1.40
1979	227	887	1,114	0.70	2.70	1.70
1973	72	297	369	0.30	1.10	0.70
1972	70	297	367	0.30	1.10	0.70
1971	69	289	358	0.30	1.10	0.70
1970	109	445	554	0.40	1.80	1.10
1969	57	283	340	0.20	1.10	0.70

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