This article documents suicide inMexico.
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]
The suicide rate is higher for men (8.7) than women (2.2) by almost 396%.[3]
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."[4]
A number of people come to Mexico for access toPentobarbital, a drug used for euthanasia.[5][6]
