North Korea - Intentional self-harm

By 2012, suicides in North Korea increased by 149 people to at 4,308 suicides In 2012, on average 12 North Koreans committed suicide every day.

In North Korea there were 17.31 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 9.87 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 4,308 recorded suicide cases in 2012, 2,164 were women and 2,144 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.17.03 women per 100.000 female cause their own deaths and 17.6 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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