South Korea - Intentional self-harm 1993

Suicides South Korea 1993

There are 11 suicides per day in South Korea

By 1993, suicides in South Korea increased by 591 people to at 4,124 suicides In 1993, on average 11 South Koreans committed suicide every day.

In South Korea there were 9.3 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 15.86 self-harm per 100.000 people.

South Korea, has a relatively low rate of suicide per inhabitants.

Of the 4,124 recorded suicide cases in 1993, 2,848 were men suicides and 1,276 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 12.8 per 100,000 men and for women 5.8 per 100,000 female.

Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In South Korea suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 306 homicides in South Korea, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 13.5 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1993	1,276	2,848	4,124	5.80	12.80	9.30
1992	1,066	2,467	3,533	4.90	11.20	8.10
1991	930	2,139	3,069	4.30	9.80	7.10
1990	962	2,197	3,159	4.50	10.20	7.40
1989	899	2,124	3,023	4.30	9.90	7.10
1988	831	2,118	2,949	4.00	10.00	7.00
1987	901	2,400	3,301	4.40	11.50	7.90
1986	890	2,568	3,458	4.40	12.40	8.40
1985	998	2,691	3,689	4.90	13.10	9.00

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