North Korea - Intentional self-harm

In 2013 occurred 4,186 suicides in North Korea. This year, 122 fewer people committed suicide than in 2012. In 2013, on average 11 North Koreans committed suicide every day.

North Korea had 16.74 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 9.78 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 4,186 recorded suicide cases in 2013, 2,097 were women and 2,089 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.16.45 women per 100.000 female cause their own deaths and 17.05 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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