South Korea - Intentional self-harm 2001

Suicides South Korea 2001

There are 19 suicides per day in South Korea

In 2001 occurred 6,968 suicides in South Korea. This year, 446 more people committed suicide than in 2000. In 2001, on average 19 South Koreans committed suicide every day.

South Korea had 14.7 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, above the world average of 10.88 suicides per 100,000 people.

Of the 6,968 recorded suicide cases in 2001, 4,888 were men suicides and 2,080 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 20.5 per 100,000 men and for women 8.8 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 407 homicides in South Korea, the number of suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 17.1 suicides.

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Date	Female suicides	Male suicides	Suicides	Female suicide rate	Male suicide rate	Suicide rate
2001	2,080	4,888	6,968	8.80	20.50	14.70
2000	1,994	4,528	6,522	8.50	19.10	13.90
1999	2,129	5,005	7,134	9.20	21.30	15.30
1998	2,424	6,275	8,699	10.50	26.90	18.80
1997	1,891	4,234	6,125	8.30	18.30	13.30
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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