In 2008 around 2,787 suicides occurred in Philippines, 267 more than in 2007. In 2008, on average 8 Philippines committed suicide every day.
Philippines reported 3.1 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.96 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Philippines, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 2,787 recorded suicide cases in 2008, 2,152 were men suicides and 635 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 4.66 per 100,000 men and for women 1.41 per 100,000 female.
Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Philippines. However, in Philippines in 2008 there were there were 5,820 homicides, and therefore, number of deaths by murder is far greater than people to take their own lives. There were 2.1 homicides per suicide.
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