From Diario Libre 3rd March 2003
In 2002 there was more than one suicide each day.
It is worth noting that the majority of suicides, 353, were carried out by men.
In 2002, 394 people killed themselves in various parts of the country, the equivalent of just over one case each day. This according to the records presented by the National Police before the National Assembly on February 27th.
The overwhelming majority of the suicides, 353, were committed by men. Only 41 women took the fatal decision. The most commonly used method was hanging - 183 cases - followed by gunshots -110-, poisoning - 78- jumping from heights - 13- and other methods - 10.
Most cases, 95 were in the Santo Domingo metropolitan area, and of these, 83 were men and 12 women. The main method in the capital was gunshots, in 37 cases, followed by hanging in 36. In the province of Santo Domingo there were 20 cases. Santiago follows with the second greates number of cases, 48. 43 of which were carried out by men and 5 by women. Hanging was the most common method, used by 16 people. La Vega comes third, with 23 cases: 21 men and 2 women.