Venezuela - Intentional self-harm

By 2005, suicides in Venezuela increased by 121 people to at 1,482 suicides In 2005, on average 4 Venezuelans committed suicide every day.

In Venezuela there were 5.61 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.34 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 1,482 recorded suicide cases in 2005, 1,244 were men suicides and 239 were women. Men have a very high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 9.32 per 100,000 men and for women 1.79 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Venezuela. However, in Venezuela in 2005 there were there were 9,964 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 6.7 homicides per suicide.

Related data:

• Homicides in Venezuela
• Venezuela economy
• Country suicides ranking