This statistic is based on a survey by Ipsos MORI and shows the difference between the actual percentage of deaths among women and girls aged 15 to 24 years that were suicide and what survey respondents guessed in select countries worldwide as of 2017. It was found that respondents in the U.S. on average guessed that 23 out of every 100 deaths among women aged 15 to 24 years were suicide, when in reality the number was 12.9 out of every 100.
Difference between the actual percentage of deaths among women aged 15 to 24 that were suicide and what respondents believed as of 2017
Original question: "Out of every 100
deaths of women and
girls aged 15 to 24 in
[COUNTRY], about how
many do you think
were by suicide?"
In most countries the source used a source for the actual number of deaths that were by suicide that defines suicide as death by intentional self-harm (ICD-10 codes X60-X84). In
the UK, the source used a source that defines suicide as death by intentional self-harm and also death caused by undetermined intent (ICD-10 codes Y10-Y34). This is because
this is the definition of suicide used widely in the UK.
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Ipsos MORI. (December 6, 2017). Difference between the actual percentage of deaths among women aged 15 to 24 that were suicide and what respondents believed as of 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 02, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/790974/assumed-suicide-young-women-and-actual-rate-worldwide/
Ipsos MORI. "Difference between the actual percentage of deaths among women aged 15 to 24 that were suicide and what respondents believed as of 2017." Chart. December 6, 2017. Statista. Accessed October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/790974/assumed-suicide-young-women-and-actual-rate-worldwide/
Ipsos MORI. (2017). Difference between the actual percentage of deaths among women aged 15 to 24 that were suicide and what respondents believed as of 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 02, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/790974/assumed-suicide-young-women-and-actual-rate-worldwide/
Ipsos MORI. "Difference between The Actual Percentage of Deaths among Women Aged 15 to 24 That Were Suicide and What Respondents Believed as of 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Dec 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/790974/assumed-suicide-young-women-and-actual-rate-worldwide/
Ipsos MORI, Difference between the actual percentage of deaths among women aged 15 to 24 that were suicide and what respondents believed as of 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/790974/assumed-suicide-young-women-and-actual-rate-worldwide/ (last visited October 02, 2024)
Difference between the actual percentage of deaths among women aged 15 to 24 that were suicide and what respondents believed as of 2017 [Graph], Ipsos MORI, December 6, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/790974/assumed-suicide-young-women-and-actual-rate-worldwide/