South Korea - Intentional self-harm 1996

Suicides South Korea 1996

There are 16 suicides per day in South Korea

By 1996, suicides in South Korea increased by 1,016 people to at 5,856 suicides In 1996, on average 16 South Koreans committed suicide every day.

In South Korea there were 12.9 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, less than the average suicide in the world, of 15.06 self-harm per 100.000 people.

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

Of the 5,856 recorded suicide cases in 1996, 4,041 were men suicides and 1,815 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 17.6 per 100,000 men and for women 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 246 homicides in South Korea, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 23.8 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
1996	1,815	4,041	5,856	8.00	17.60	12.90
1995	1,521	3,319	4,840	6.80	14.60	10.70
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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