In 1991 around 942 suicides occurred in Portugal, 72 more than in 1990. On average, there are 3 suicides per day.
Portugal reported 9.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 15.11 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Portugal, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 942 recorded suicide cases in 1991, 708 were men suicides and 234 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 14.7 per 100,000 men and for women 4.5 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Portugal suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 152 homicides in Portugal, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 6.2 suicides.
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