North Korea - Intentional self-harm 2014

Suicides North Korea 2014

There are 11 suicides per day in North Korea

In 2014 around 4,082 suicides occurred in North Korea, 104 less than in 2013. In 2014, on average 11 North Koreans committed suicide every day.

North Korea reported 16.25 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, well above the world average of 9.71 suicides per 100,000 people.

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

Of the 4,082 recorded suicide cases in 2014, 2,045 were men suicides and 2,037 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 16.6 per 100,000 men and for women 15.91 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
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