In 2003 around 1,156 suicides occurred in Portugal, 56 less than in 2002. In 2003, on average 3 Portuguese committed suicide every day.
Portugal reported 11.1 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10.69 suicides per 100,000 people.
Of the 1,156 recorded suicide cases in 2003, 889 were men suicides and 267 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 17.6 per 100,000 men and for women 4.9 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 149 homicides in Portugal, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 7.8 suicides.
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