Portugal had 10.4 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.89 suicides per 100,000 people.
Of the 1,101 recorded suicide cases in 2010, 836 were men suicides and 265 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 16.5 per 100,000 men and for women 4.8 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 124 homicides in Portugal, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 8.9 suicides.
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