Violence and suicide: the trend goes hand in hand in Mexico

In Mexico, over 37,000 people committed suicide in six years and, as the numbers have revealed, the trend is related to violence in the country.

According to a newspaper survey L & # 39; universal, the entities where they registered more suicides are also those with higher rates of violence.

Between January 2012 and December 2017 37,150 people committed suicide in Mexico, according to information provided by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI).

According to these figures, In Mexico, there is an average of 17 suicides a day.

Of the total number of registered cases, 21,757 were concentrated in ten entities of the country.

The State of Mexico tops the list with 3 thousand 704 suicides, followed by Jalisco (3 thousand 275), Guanajuato (2 thousand 530), Mexico City (2 thousand 333) and Chihuahua (2 thousand 165).

After examining the numbers of the Executive Secretariat of the National System of Public Security (SESNSP) It has been found that most States with the highest number of intentional homicides, kidnappings and extortions they are also those in which there have been more suicides.

Between January 2012 and December 2017, eIn the State of Mexico, 19,715 high-impact crimes have been recorded. Guerrero is ranked second with 14,130 and Jalisco is ranked third with 10,935.

Mexico City recorded 10 thousand 20 high-impact crimes and Chihuahua, 8,000,804.

The state of Veracruz, which in the suicides list is in place seven thousand 649, in the list of crimes was placed in six position with 8 thousand 798 crimes.

New Lion recorded 7 thousand 320 high-impact crimes, which placed it in place 8; while in suicides, the entity was 9th, with 1,509.

Guerrero, Baja California, Michoacán and Sinaloa They are in the list of the ten most violent states, but they are not included in the list of entities with more suicides.

In the case of Guanajuato, Chiapas, Puebla and Sonorathey are located in states where the number of suicides is higher, but they are not among the most violent states.

According to this trend, 59% of suicides in the country between January 2012 and December 2017 occurred in states with higher crime rates.

"The normalization of violence, threats, deaths and persecutions have had an influence and have led to addictions and suicides," said Alejandro Águila Tejeda, founder of the Hispanic American Institute of Suicidology A.C.

According to Inegi data, they were men 81% of suicides in Mexico in six years.

According to the figures, 79% of suicides were by hanging, 9% by diparo with firearm, 8% by poisoning and the rest by other means.