According to a survey conducted in South Korea in 2022, around 18 percent of female middle and high school students had suicidal thoughts in the past 12 months. The percentage of male students with suicidal thoughts that year stood at nearly 11 percent.
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Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. (May 2, 2023). Share of middle and high school students with suicidal thoughts in South Korea from 2012 to 2022, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267462/south-korea-suicidal-thoughts-among-adolescents-by-gender/
Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. "Share of middle and high school students with suicidal thoughts in South Korea from 2012 to 2022, by gender." Chart. May 2, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267462/south-korea-suicidal-thoughts-among-adolescents-by-gender/
Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. (2023). Share of middle and high school students with suicidal thoughts in South Korea from 2012 to 2022, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267462/south-korea-suicidal-thoughts-among-adolescents-by-gender/
Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. "Share of Middle and High School Students with Suicidal Thoughts in South Korea from 2012 to 2022, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267462/south-korea-suicidal-thoughts-among-adolescents-by-gender/
Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Share of middle and high school students with suicidal thoughts in South Korea from 2012 to 2022, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267462/south-korea-suicidal-thoughts-among-adolescents-by-gender/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Share of middle and high school students with suicidal thoughts in South Korea from 2012 to 2022, by gender [Graph], Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, May 2, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267462/south-korea-suicidal-thoughts-among-adolescents-by-gender/