In Portugal there were 9.6 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 15.56 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Portugal, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 960 recorded suicide cases in 1987, 709 were men suicides and 251 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 14.7 per 100,000 men and for women 4.8 per 100,000 female.
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