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South Korea has the 10th highest rate of suicide in the world and the second in the OECD. Within these rates, suicide is the primary cause of death for South Korean youth, ages 10–19. [37] While these rates are elevated, suicide ideation additionally increases with the introduction of LGBT identity. [38]
Youth who identify as LGBTQ+ reported higher rates of poor mental health and experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors than their cisgender and heterosexual peers, a new U.S. survey found. In ...
Canada, a country with a comparatively low suicide rate overall at 10.3 incidents per 100,000 people in 2016, exhibits one such discrepancy. When comparing the suicide rate of Indigenous peoples in Canada, the rate of suicide increases to 24.3 incidents per 100,000 people in 2016, [18] a rate among the ten highest in the world. There are ...
Compared to non-LGBTQ people, LGBTQ people are 5% more likely to lack access to health insurance (17% vs. 12%), and are 6% more likely to face poverty (22% vs. 16%). [8] Same-sex parents and single LGBTQ parents and their families are at least twice as likely to experience poverty compared with non-LGBTQ counterparts. [8]
49% of LGBTQ+ young people from 13 to 17 reported they experienced bullying in the past year, which dovetails with higher rates of reporting that they attempted suicide in the past year.
Pixabay/Public Domain. 6. Guyana. While it has registered a slight decrease from 2016, more than 26 people per 100,000 still commit suicide in the country.
In the United States, 29% (almost one-third) of LGBT youth have attempted suicide at least once. [12] Compared to heterosexual youth, LGBT youth are twice as likely to feel suicidal and over four times as likely to attempt suicide. [2] Transgender individuals are at the greatest risk of suicide attempts. [7]
South Korea has the 10th highest rate of suicide in the world and the second in the OECD. Within these rates, suicide is the primary cause of death for South Korean youth, ages 10–19. [6] While these rates are elevated, suicide ideation additionally increases with the introduction of LGBT identity. [7]