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. 2015 May 13;12(5):5129–5142. doi: 10.3390/ijerph120505129

Table 1.

Suicide death and death from all causes among adolescents (15–19 years of age) by gender in Korea, 1983–2012.

Male (15–19 years old) Female (15–19 years old) Suicide Rate Ratio (Male/Female)
Calendar Year All Death (/100,000) Suicide Deaths (/100,000) Proportion of Suicides out of all Cause (%) All Deaths (/100,000) Suicide Deaths (/100,000) Proportion of Suicides out of all Cause (%)
1983 173.0 9.0 5.2 102.3 4.3 4.2 2.1
1984 160.3 9.2 5.7 91.3 4.8 5.3 1.9
1985 153.5 10.5 6.8 86.6 5.1 5.9 2.1
1986 145.4 9.8 6.7 80.6 4.7 5.8 2.1
1987 140.1 7.5 5.4 69.4 3.5 5.0 2.1
1988 132.7 8.6 6.5 64.2 4.7 7.3 1.8
1989 126.1 7.5 5.9 56.8 4.3 7.6 1.7
1990 121.7 8.4 6.9 53.9 3.9 7.2 2.2
1991 122.4 7.6 6.2 47.1 3.4 7.2 2.2
1992 126.4 9.5 7.5 50.9 4.7 9.2 2.0
1993 113.7 9.8 8.6 42.8 5.0 11.7 2.0
1994 113.4 8.5 7.5 47.0 4.6 9.8 1.8
1995 108.0 9.2 8.5 50.2 5.8 11.6 1.6
1996 107.6 12.1 11.2 49.2 8.6 17.5 1.4
1997 100.8 8.3 8.2 41.5 6.7 16.1 1.2
1998 81.5 10.7 13.1 40.2 8.5 21.1 1.3
1999 70.0 8.8 12.6 33.7 6.5 19.3 1.4
2000 61.3 7.0 11.4 30.6 5.6 18.3 1.3
2001 54.1 5.8 10.7 27.6 4.9 17.8 1.2
2002 46.9 6.6 14.1 24.2 5.2 21.5 1.3
2003 49.9 9.9 19.8 25.7 6.3 24.5 1.6
2004 42.6 7.7 18.1 20.2 5.2 25.7 1.5
2005 39.4 7.8 19.8 21.9 7.4 33.8 1.1
2006 38.5 6.6 17.1 20.5 5.9 28.8 1.1
2007 43.3 8.3 19.2 20.3 7.4 36.5 1.1
2008 38.8 8.7 22.4 19.9 7.2 36.2 1.2
2009 38.7 11.5 29.7 22.5 9.8 43.6 1.2
2010 37.7 8.8 23.3 20.0 7.7 38.5 1.1
2011 37.1 10.1 27.2 18.3 7.6 41.5 1.3
2012 32.6 8.8 27.0 18.1 7.6 42.0 1.2

Mortality data 1983–2012, Korean Statistical Information Service (KOSIS) [2].