China vs Ireland

China vs Ireland: Suicide rate

Suicide rate in 2017: 7.2 per 100,000 people in China and 8.4 per 100,000 people in Ireland, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Ireland, by 1.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.16 times that in China.

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deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

China vs Ireland: Suicide rateSuicide rate in 2017: 7.2 per 100,000 people in China and 8.4 per 100,000 people in Ireland, by IHME estimates. In 2017 the value was higher in Ireland, by 1.2 per 100,000 people, or 1.16 times that in China.
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What the numbers say

  • Ireland has been higher since 2005, when it overtook China.
  • In 2017, China ranked 131 and Ireland ranked 111 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The world as a whole: 10 per 100,000 people in 2017.

Every year

deaths per 100,000 people · IHME

YearChinaIrelandWorld
20177.28.410
20167.38.410.1
20157.48.810.2
20147.59.410.3
20137.69.810.5
2012810.410.7
20118.410.811
20108.910.711.2
20099.111.611.4
20089.411.211.6
20079.71111.7
200610.31112
200511.111.112.5
200411.611.212.6
200311.411.312.8
200211.312.113
200112.312.413.4
200014.312.814.1
199915.812.614.5
199817.112.714.7
199718.312.515.1
199619.411.915.4
199520.411.615.9
199420.810.916.1
199321.210.816
199221.310.715.8
199121.210.615.5
199020.910.315.4

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • Deaths by suicide in a year, per 100,000 people.
  • Source: IHME, Global Burden of Disease, via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2017, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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