Japan had 19.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 15.74 suicides per 100,000 people.
Japan has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.
Of the 23,383 recorded suicide cases in 1985, 15,356 were men suicides and 8,027 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 25.8 per 100,000 men and for women 13 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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