Japan - Intentional self-harm 1987

Suicides Japan 1987

There are 65 suicides per day in Japan

By 1987, suicides in Japan increased by 1,836 people to at 23,831 suicides In 1987, on average 65 Japanese committed suicide every day.

In Japan there were 19.5 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 15.56 suicides per 100,000 people.

Japan has a very high suicide rate compared to other countries.

Of the 23,831 recorded suicide cases in 1987, 15,281 were men suicides and 8,550 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 25.4 per 100,000 men and for women 13.8 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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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1987	8,550	15,281	23,831	13.80	25.40	19.50
1986	9,168	16,499	25,667	14.80	27.60	21.10
1985	8,027	15,356	23,383	13.00	25.80	19.30
1984	8,093	16,251	24,344	13.20	27.50	20.20
1983	8,109	16,876	24,985	13.30	28.70	20.90
1982	7,465	13,203	20,668	12.40	22.60	17.40
1981	7,388	12,708	20,096	12.30	21.90	17.00
1980	7,773	12,769	20,542	13.10	22.20	17.50
1979	7,972	12,851	20,823	13.50	22.50	17.90
1978	7,790	12,409	20,199	13.30	21.90	17.50
1977	7,970	12,299	20,269	13.70	21.90	17.80
1976	8,042	11,744	19,786	14.00	21.10	17.50
1975	8,231	11,744	19,975	14.50	21.30	17.80
1974	8,382	10,723	19,105	14.90	19.70	17.30
1973	8,129	10,730	18,859	14.60	20.00	17.30
1972	7,784	10,231	18,015	14.20	19.40	16.70
1971	7,082	9,157	16,239	13.10	17.60	15.30
1970	6,967	8,761	15,728	13.10	17.10	15.00
1969	6,603	8,241	14,844	12.50	16.20	14.30
1968	6,427	8,174	14,601	12.30	16.30	14.30
1967	6,181	7,940	14,121	12.00	16.00	14.00
1966	6,600	8,450	15,050	13.00	17.20	15.10
1965	6,114	8,330	14,444	12.10	17.10	14.60
1964	6,371	8,336	14,707	12.80	17.30	15.00
1963	6,567	8,923	15,490	13.30	18.70	16.00
1962	7,183	9,541	16,724	14.70	20.20	17.40
1961	8,113	10,333	18,446	16.70	22.10	19.40
1960	8,637	11,506	20,143	18.00	24.90	21.40

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