suicide rate among the member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), suicide remains the leading cause of death among young people.
In 2021, around eight thousand students, homemakers, and unemployed people committed suicide in South Korea, representing the highest share of all occupational groups at about 60 percent. While South Korea has the highest Number of suicide deaths in South Korea in 2021, by occupation
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Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention. (June 26, 2023). Number of suicide deaths in South Korea in 2021, by occupation [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 16, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267151/south-korea-suicide-deaths-by-occupation/
Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention. "Number of suicide deaths in South Korea in 2021, by occupation." Chart. June 26, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267151/south-korea-suicide-deaths-by-occupation/
Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention. (2023). Number of suicide deaths in South Korea in 2021, by occupation. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 16, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267151/south-korea-suicide-deaths-by-occupation/
Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention. "Number of Suicide Deaths in South Korea in 2021, by Occupation." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267151/south-korea-suicide-deaths-by-occupation/
Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Number of suicide deaths in South Korea in 2021, by occupation Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267151/south-korea-suicide-deaths-by-occupation/ (last visited June 16, 2024)
Number of suicide deaths in South Korea in 2021, by occupation [Graph], Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention, June 26, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267151/south-korea-suicide-deaths-by-occupation/