Global suicide report reveals where rates are highest... as US makes shocking entry

Global suicide report reveals where rates are highest...

as US makes shocking entry READ MORE: CDC report breaks down the risk of suicide for every industry By Cassidy Morrison Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 14:19 EDT, 27 July 2024 | Updated: 14:24 EDT, 27 July 2024 e-mail View comments The United States has the sixth-highest suicide rate in the world, a grim ranking that comes amid a decades-long rise in suicides over the past three decades. A worldwide ranking by international prescription service Universal Drugstore listed South Korea as having the highest rate of suicides in men and women, with Croatia and Australia tying for the number 10 spot.

Suicide has become the tenth-leading cause of death in the US. Rates increased 16 percent from 2011 to 2022, with the highest rate yet being reported in 2022 with a record high of 49,369 suicide deaths . The US suicide rate came to 14.

1 deaths per 100,000 people, considerably lower than South Korea’s 24.1 suicides per capita, though quite a bit higher than Australia and Croatia’s 12.4 deaths per capita.

Suicide rates in the US reached a record high in 2022 at more than 14 deaths per 100,000 people International prescription service Universal Drugstore listed South Korea as having the highest rate of suicides in men and women, with Croatia and Australia tying for the number 10 spot Men were, across the top 10 countries, more likely to commit suicide. In Lativa, men were nearly eight times more likely to com.