Top 15 Countries by Suicide Rate

Posted by Bill Belew on October 29th, 2007 in Japan | No Comments

Japan is number 10 among the top 15 countries reporting the highest suicide rates.

The four people who formed a suicide pact and locked themselves in a car filled with carbon monoxide is part of the reason.

Deep in the forests of Tochigi prefecture, some woodcutters found a car parked on a small path on a hillside.

Inside were three men, 20, 22, 38 and one woman, 30.

Three charcoal burners in full use were found in the back of the car.

The four found each other on an Internet website for those wanting to commit suicide.

The top fifteen countries-  

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  1. Kaybee says

    November 24, 2008

    I thought USA has the highest suicide rate. When I was studying Abnormal Psychology during my college days, I learnt that Japan had one of the highest suicide rates because of it’s aceptance in their culture. Suicide depends on many factors and one of them is how a society percieves a suicide…