Venezuela - Intentional self-harm

By 2002, suicides in Venezuela increased by 92 people to at 1,933 suicides In 2002, on average 5 Venezuelans committed suicide every day.

In Venezuela there were 7.67 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.78 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 1,933 recorded suicide cases in 2002, 1,626 were men suicides and 306 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 12.82 per 100,000 men and for women 2.42 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Venezuela. However, in Venezuela in 2002 there were there were 9,617 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 5 homicides per suicide.

Related data:

• Homicides in Venezuela
• Venezuela economy
• Country suicides ranking