In 1983 around 24,985 suicides occurred in Japan, 4,317 more than in 1982. In 1983, on average 68 Japanese committed suicide every day.
Japan reported 20.9 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 15.81 suicides per 100,000 people.
Japan, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.
Of the 24,985 recorded suicide cases in 1983, 16,876 were men suicides and 8,109 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 28.7 per 100,000 men and for women 13.3 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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