China - Intentional self-harm

By 2005, suicides in China increased by 1,420 people to at 130,540 suicides In 2005, on average 358 Chinese committed suicide every day.

In China there were 9.98 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 10.34 self-harm per 100.000 people.

Of the 130,540 recorded suicide cases in 2005, 72,703 were women and 57,836 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.11.47 women per 100.000 female cause their own deaths and 8.58 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 20,770 homicides in China, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 6.3 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in China
• China economy
• Country suicides ranking