North Korea - Intentional self-harm 2015

Suicides North Korea 2015

There are 11 suicides per day in North Korea

By 2015, suicides in North Korea increased by 101 people to at 3,981 suicides In 2015, on average 11 North Koreans committed suicide every day.

In North Korea there were 15.76 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 9.51 suicides per 100,000 people.

North Korea is a country with a high rate of suicide.

Of the 3,981 recorded suicide cases in 2015, 2,008 were men suicides and 1,973 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 16.19 per 100,000 men and for women 15.35 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
2015	1,973	2,008	3,981	15.35	16.19	15.76
2014	2,037	2,045	4,082	15.91	16.60	16.25
2013	2,097	2,089	4,186	16.45	17.05	16.74
2012	2,164	2,144	4,308	17.03	17.60	17.31
2011	2,249	2,208	4,457	17.77	18.21	17.98
2010	2,359	2,301	4,660	18.70	19.06	18.88
2009	2,468	2,398	4,866	19.64	19.96	19.79
2008	2,527	2,447	4,973	20.19	20.47	20.33
2007	2,534	2,474	5,008	20.34	20.80	20.56
2006	2,529	2,488	5,017	20.39	21.02	20.70
2005	2,513	2,472	4,985	20.37	21.02	20.68
2004	2,508	2,461	4,970	20.45	21.07	20.75
2003	2,501	2,439	4,940	20.53	21.03	20.77
2002	1,705	1,822	3,527	14.07	15.81	14.92
2001	1,812	2,042	3,854	15.03	17.82	16.39
2000	1,967	2,378	4,346	16.41	20.90	18.60

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Sources: UN | Countryeconomy.com