Suicide in Mexico

This article documents suicide in Mexico.

As of 2016, the suicide rate in Mexico was 5.2 per 100,000 people, ranking it 147th in the world.[1] This is an increase from 2.2 in 1990.[2] There were 7,826 suicides in Mexico during 2020.[3] In comparison, Brazil recorded 12,733 suicides in 2018.[4]

By group

Men

The suicide rate is higher for men than women.[5]

Immigrants

Borges et al 2009 found that "Risk for suicidal ideation was higher among Mexicans with a family member in the United States, Mexican-born immigrants who arrived in the United States at 12 years or younger, and US-born Mexican Americans than among Mexicans with neither a history of migration to the United States nor a family member currently living there. Risk for suicide attempts was also higher among Mexicans with a family member in the United States."[6]

Suicide tourism
Further information: Euthanasia in Mexico and Suicide tourism

A number of people come to Mexico for access to Pentobarbital, a drug used for euthanasia.[7][8]

References
  1. "Suicide rates Data by country". World Health Organization. 2016. Retrieved 2021-01-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Suicides up but the rate is still low in Mexico". Mexico News Daily. 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  3. Borges, G.; Garcia, J. A.; Pirkis, J.; Spittal, M. J.; Gunnell, D.; Sinyor, M.; John, A. (2022-07-09). "A state level analyses of suicide and the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico". BMC Psychiatry. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. 22 (1). doi:10.1186/s12888-022-04095-8. ISSN 1471-244X.
  4. da Silva, Daniel Augusto; Marcolan, João Fernando (2021-09-29). "Suicide Attempts and Suicide in Brazil: An Epidemiological Analysis". Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing. Cordus. 29 (3): 294–302. doi:10.5152/fnjn.2021.21035.
  5. "Suicide rates Data by country". World Health Organization. 2016. Retrieved 2021-01-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. Borges, Guilherme; Breslau, Joshua; Su, Maxwell; Miller, Matthew; Medina-Mora, Maria Elena; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio (April 2009). "Immigration and Suicidal Behavior Among Mexicans and Mexican Americans". American Journal of Public Health. 99 (4): 728–733. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2008.135160. PMC 2661474. PMID 19150909.
  7. "Tourists Trek to Mexico for 'Death in a Bottle'". ABC News. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
  8. Emmott, Robin (2008-06-03). "Euthanasia tourists snap up pet shop drug in Mexico". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-01-29.
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