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Suicide rate (per 100,000 people)
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Suicide rate (per 100k)
As of 2023
Official latest
Suicide deaths per 100,000 people. A proxy for social isolation and economic stress.
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Wakayama
21.8
people
2
Miyazaki
21.5
people
3
Iwate
20.2
people
4
Fukushima
20.2
people
5
Hokkaido
19.4
people
6
Akita
19.4
people
7
Niigata
19.2
people
8
Yamanashi
19.2
people
9
Kagawa
19.1
people
10
Gifu
19.0
people
11
Okinawa
18.9
people
12
Gunma
18.6
people
13
Tochigi
18.5
people
14
Ibaraki
18.4
people
15
Kochi
18.3
people
16
Fukuoka
18.3
people
17
Osaka
18.3
people
18
Ishikawa
18.2
people
19
Saitama
18.2
people
20
Shimane
18.0
people
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