Citation

Kim JW, Jung HY, Won DY, Noh JH, Shin YS, Kang TI. Omega (Westport) 2019; 79(1): 90-105.

Affiliation

Choong Hyun Community Welfare Center, Seoul, South Korea.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Sage Publications)

DOI

10.1177/0030222817715756

PMID

28622733

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine suicide trends in South Korea, which has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. The results show that the male suicide rate outweighs that of females, the likelihood of committing suicide increases with age, and that, in regard to marital status, nonmarried people are the most at risk. In addition, several methods of reducing suicide rates are identified: the wider use of social networks to reduce social burden, the development of a social atmosphere where aging is accepted as a natural process, and the development of protection factors within families.

Language: en

Keywords

marital status; status integration; suicide; suicide in South Korea; suicide trend