In 2005 around 2,502 suicides occurred in Philippines, 282 more than in 2004. In 2005, on average 7 Philippines committed suicide every day.
Philippines reported 2.94 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.34 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Philippines, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 2,502 recorded suicide cases in 2005, 1,864 were men suicides and 638 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 4.27 per 100,000 men and for women 1.5 per 100,000 female.
Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Philippines. However, in Philippines in 2005 there were there were 6,434 homicides, and therefore, number of deaths by murder is far greater than people to take their own lives. There were 2.6 homicides per suicide.
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