North Korea - Intentional self-harm

By 2009, suicides in North Korea increased by 107 people to at 4,866 suicides In 2009, on average 13 North Koreans committed suicide every day.

In North Korea there were 19.79 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 10 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 4,866 recorded suicide cases in 2009, 2,468 were women and 2,398 were men. More women than men die by suicide each year, and is among the few countries where the female rate is higher than the male rate.19.64 women per 100.000 female cause their own deaths and 19.96 men per 100.000 male. and it is also one of the countries with the highest rate of female suicides in the world.

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