In 1961 around 18,446 suicides occurred in Japan, 1,697 less than in 1960. In 1961, on average 51 Japanese committed suicide every day.
Japan reported 19.4 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 11.25 suicides per 100,000 people.
Japan, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 18,446 recorded suicide cases in 1961, 10,333 were men suicides and 8,113 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 22.1 per 100,000 men and for women 16.7 per 100,000 female In spite of this, it is the country with the highest female suicide rate in the world.
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