In 2002 around 2,028 suicides occurred in Philippines, 251 more than in 2001. In 2002, on average 6 Philippines committed suicide every day.
Philippines reported 2.53 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.78 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Philippines, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 2,028 recorded suicide cases in 2002, 1,471 were men suicides and 557 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 3.58 per 100,000 men and for women 1.39 per 100,000 female.
Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Philippines. However, in Philippines in 2002 there were there were 6,553 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 3.2 homicides per suicide.
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