In 2021, about 5.3 thousand people in South Korea committed suicide due to mental illness. With mental illness, financial problems, and physical illness were the most common reasons for committing suicide among South Koreans that year.
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Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention. (June 26, 2023). Main reasons for committing suicide in South Korea in 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1230755/south-korea-number-of-suicides-by-reason/
Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention. "Main reasons for committing suicide in South Korea in 2021." Chart. June 26, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1230755/south-korea-number-of-suicides-by-reason/
Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention. (2023). Main reasons for committing suicide in South Korea in 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1230755/south-korea-number-of-suicides-by-reason/
Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention. "Main Reasons for Committing Suicide in South Korea in 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1230755/south-korea-number-of-suicides-by-reason/
Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Main reasons for committing suicide in South Korea in 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1230755/south-korea-number-of-suicides-by-reason/ (last visited June 18, 2024)
Main reasons for committing suicide in South Korea in 2021 [Graph], Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention, June 26, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1230755/south-korea-number-of-suicides-by-reason/