Venezuela - Intentional self-harm

By 2008, suicides in Venezuela increased by 24 people to at 1,192 suicides In 2008, on average 3 Venezuelans committed suicide every day.

In Venezuela there were 4.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.96 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 1,192 recorded suicide cases in 2008, 987 were men suicides and 205 were women. Men have a high rate of death by suicide compared with women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 7.08 per 100,000 men and for women 1.47 per 100,000 female.

Suicide is a very important cause of death in the world and also in Venezuela. However, in Venezuela in 2008 there were there were 14,589 homicides, many more than suicides. There were 12.2 homicides per suicide.

Related data:

• Homicides in Venezuela
• Venezuela economy
• Country suicides ranking