China - Intentional self-harm

By 2008, suicides in China increased by 62 people to at 133,022 suicides In 2008, on average 364 Chinese committed suicide every day.

In China there were 10.02 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 9.96 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 133,022 recorded suicide cases in 2008, 74,005 were women and 59,017 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.11.48 women per 100.000 female cause their own deaths and 8.63 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 14,811 homicides in China, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 9 suicides.

Related data:

• Homicides in China
• China economy
• Country suicides ranking