Venezuela - Intentional self-harm

By 2001, suicides in Venezuela increased by 117 people to at 2,025 suicides In 2001, on average 6 Venezuelans committed suicide every day.

In Venezuela there were 8.17 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.88 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 2,025 recorded suicide cases in 2001, 1,769 were men suicides and 256 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 14.19 per 100,000 men and for women 2.06 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Venezuela. However, in Venezuela in 2001 there were there were 7,960 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 3.9 homicides per suicide.

Related data:

• Homicides in Venezuela
• Venezuela economy
• Country suicides ranking