Seoul, 28 September (IANS). Government data released by South Korea has made a shocking disclosure. According to government data, more than 7 thousand people committed suicide in the first half of this year.
According to statistics Korea’s data, a total of 7,067 people committed suicide between January and June, slightly less than the 7,844 numbers of the same time, but equal to 7,142 people in the first half of 2023.
Among these figures, people over 50 years of age have the highest share of 22.4 percent, followed by 40 years (19 percent), 60 years (15.1 percent), 30 years (13.5 percent) and 70 years (9.8 percent). The rest of the number is from other age groups.
Experts say that suicide should not only be seen as a personal problem, but also as a broad social and structural problem and requires public health intervention.
In an article recently published in the International Social Security Review of the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA), researcher Choi Min-J, Korea University Graduate School of Public Health Researcher Choi Minj, said that the government should include “selective and universal” measures addressing the general population.
He also urged the establishment of a comprehensive control center to assess how fiscal, labor, and other policies can affect suicides and where such risks are identified, the correct ways can be implemented in the right way.
South Korea currently has the highest suicidal rate in South Korea, which was 26.2 per 100,000 people per 100,000 people, which is more than 10.8 of the OECD average of 10.8.
Earlier this week, government figures showed that the number of children born in July in South Korea increased by about 6 percent compared to the previous year. One reason for this is an increase in weddings.
According to statistics Korea’s data, a total of 21,803 children were born in July, which is 5.9 percent higher than the birth of 20,580 children than last year.
This is a record of annual growth for the 13th consecutive month, but the fourth lowest figure of July since the government recorded a record in 1981.
A total of 147,804 children were born between January and July. This figure shows an increase of 7.2 percent as compared to the same period last year, which is the highest growth rate since 1981.
This was the first time since 2015 that the annual increase in the number of newborns was recorded during the January-July time. The average number of children expected by a woman in her lifetime by a woman increased by 0.04 in July to 0.8 in July.
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