Nicaragua - Intentional self-harm

By 2012, suicides in Nicaragua increased by 154 people to at 667 suicides In Nicaragua, on average, at least one suicide happens every day.

In Nicaragua there were 10.94 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.87 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 667 recorded suicide cases in 2012, 514 were men suicides and 153 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 17.29 per 100,000 men and for women 5.01 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Nicaragua. However, in Nicaragua in 2012 there were there were 673 homicides, then, homicides are more common than suicides. There were 1 homicides per suicide.

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