Trinidad and Tobago - Intentional self-harm 2011

Trinidad and Tobago - Intentional self-harm

Suicides Trinidad and Tobago 2011

Suicides grow in Trinidad and Tobago

By 2011, suicides in Trinidad and Tobago increased by 18 people to at 189 suicides

In Trinidad and Tobago there were 14.16 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.82 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 189 recorded suicide cases in 2011, 156 were men suicides and 33 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 22.24 per 100,000 men and for women 4.64 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Trinidad and Tobago. However, in Trinidad and Tobago in 2011 there were there were 352 homicides, then, homicides are more common than suicides. There were 1.9 homicides per suicide.

Related data:

Trinidad and Tobago - Intentional self-harm

Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2011	33	156	189	4.64	22.24	14.16
2010	36	134	171	5.09	19.30	12.86
2009	23	111	135	3.29	16.11	10.21
2008	37	150	187	5.27	21.77	14.22
2007	25	110	135	3.53	16.14	10.33
2006	30	123	153	4.29	18.04	11.71
2005	29	109	137	4.12	16.08	10.60
2004	28	156	184	4.08	23.12	14.24
2003	33	117	150	4.89	17.42	11.69
2002	27	136	163	4.02	20.41	12.79
2001	33	140	172	4.84	21.09	13.56
2000	34	143	176	4.99	21.63	13.91

Trinidad and Tobago - Intentional self-harm

Sources: Countryeconomy.com | UN