In 2021, the main reason for suicide among South Korean men and women was mental illness, which accounted for about 32 percent of male and 57 percent of female suicide deaths. Together with mental illness, physical illness, and financial problems 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, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267359/south-korea-reasons-for-suicide-by-gender/
Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention. "Main reasons for committing suicide in South Korea in 2021, by gender." Chart. June 26, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267359/south-korea-reasons-for-suicide-by-gender/
Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention. (2023). Main reasons for committing suicide in South Korea in 2021, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267359/south-korea-reasons-for-suicide-by-gender/
Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention. "Main Reasons for Committing Suicide in South Korea in 2021, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267359/south-korea-reasons-for-suicide-by-gender/
Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Main reasons for committing suicide in South Korea in 2021, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267359/south-korea-reasons-for-suicide-by-gender/ (last visited July 03, 2024)
Main reasons for committing suicide in South Korea in 2021, by gender [Graph], Korea Foundation for Suicide Prevention, June 26, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267359/south-korea-reasons-for-suicide-by-gender/