Assumed suicide rate among young men and actual rate worldwide 2017

This statistic is based on a survey by Ipsos MORI and shows the difference between the actual percentage of deaths among men and boys aged 15 to 24 years that were suicide and what survey respondents guessed in select countries worldwide as of 2017. It was found that respondents in the U.S. on average guessed that 24 out of every 100 deaths among men aged 15 to 24 years were suicide, when in reality the number was 19.3 out of every 100.

Difference between the actual percentage of deaths among men aged 15 to 24 that were suicide and what respondents believed as of 2017

Characteristic	Average guess	Actual rates
Japan	27%	47.1%
New Zealand	29%	41.5%
Hong Kong	14%	38.4%
Australia	30%	35.3%
South Korea	13%	34.1%
Denmark	15%	30.1%
Great Britain	25%	28.4%
Poland	15%	28.2%
Netherlands	16%	27.6%
Belgium	21%	27.3%
Singapore	18%	27%
Canada	26%	26.5%
Norway	21%	26%
Hungary	12%	23.7%
Germany	18%	23.1%
Sweden	25%	21.7%
Chile	22%	20.7%
USA	24%	19.3%
Russia	15%	18.8%
France	24%	16.9%
Spain	16%	15.9%
Argentina	19%	15.3%
Italy	20%	13.6%
Serbia	12%	13%
Israel	16%	11.1%
Montenegro	12%	8.8%
Mexico	26%	8.5%
Turkey	20%	6.6%
Colombia	24%	5.5%
Peru	22%	4.3%
Philippines	22%	4.3%
Brazil	29%	3.3%
South Africa	27%	1.1%

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Release date

December 2017

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

September 28 to October 19, 2017

Number of respondents

29,133 respondents

Age group

16-64 years

Special properties

38 countries

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question:" Out of every 100 deaths of men and boys aged 15 to 24 in [COUNTRY], about how many do you think were by suicide?"
In most countries the source used a source for the actual number of deaths that were by suicide that defines suicide as death by intentional self-harm (ICD-10 codes X60-X84). In the UK, the source used a source that defines suicide as death by intentional self-harm and also death caused by undetermined intent (ICD-10 codes Y10-Y34). This is because this is the definition of suicide used widely in the UK.

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