South Korea - Intentional self-harm 1994

Suicides South Korea 1994

There are 12 suicides per day in South Korea

In 1994 occurred 4,212 suicides in South Korea. This year, 88 more people committed suicide than in 1993. In 1994, on average 12 South Koreans committed suicide every day.

South Korea had 9.4 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 15.83 self-harm per 100.000 people.

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

Of the 4,212 recorded suicide cases in 1994, 2,862 were men suicides and 1,350 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 12.7 per 100,000 men and for women 6.1 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 224 homicides in South Korea, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 18.8 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1994	1,350	2,862	4,212	6.10	12.70	9.40
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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