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Suicides China 2002

There are 324 suicides per day in China

By 2002, suicides in China increased by 7,328 people to at 118,386 suicides In 2002, on average 324 Chinese committed suicide every day.

In China there were 9.22 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.78 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 118,386 recorded suicide cases in 2002, 65,811 were women and 52,575 were men. More women than men die by suicide each year, and is among the few countries where the female rate is higher than the male rate.10.56 women per 100.000 female cause their own deaths and 7.95 men per 100.000 male..

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In China suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 26,276 homicides in China, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 4.5 suicides.

Related data:

China - Intentional self-harm
DateFemale suicidesMale suicidesSuicidesFemale suicide rateMale suicide rateSuicide rate
200265,81152,575118,38610.567.959.22
200169,76955,946125,71411.268.529.85
200077,62563,049140,67412.669.6411.10
China - Intentional self-harm
China - Intentional self-harm
Sources: Countryeconomy.com | UN