In 1977 around 20,269 suicides occurred in Japan, 483 more than in 1976. In 1977, on average 56 Japanese committed suicide every day.
Japan reported 17.8 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 12.83 suicides per 100,000 people.
Japan, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 20,269 recorded suicide cases in 1977, 12,299 were men suicides and 7,970 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 21.9 per 100,000 men and for women 13.7 per 100,000 female. In spite of this, it is one of the countries with the highest female suicide rate in the world.
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