Approximately 1.4% of people die by<unk> , a mortality rate of 11.6 per 100,000 persons per year.<unk>  resulted in 842,000 deaths in 2013 up from 712,000 deaths in 1990. Rates of<unk>  have increased by 60% from the 1960s to 2012, with these increases seen primarily in the developing world. Globally, /2009,<unk>  is the tenth leading cause of death. For every<unk>  that results in death there are between 10 and 40 attempted<unk> s.<unk>  rates differ<unk> gnificantly between countries and over time. As a percentage of deaths in 2008 it was: Africa 0.5%, South-East Asia 1.9%, Americas 1.2% and Europe 1.4%. Rates per 100,000 were: Australia 8.6, Canada 11.1, China 12.7, India 23.2, United Kingdom 7.6, United States 11.4 and South Korea 28.9. It was ranked as the 10th leading cause of death in the United States in 2016 with about 45,000 cases that year. Rates have increased in the United States in the last few years, with the highest value being in 2017 (the most recent data). In the United States, about 650,000 people are seen in emergency departments yearly due to attempting<unk> . The United States rate among men in their 50s rose by nearly half in the decade 1999–2010. Greenland, Lithuania, Japan, and Hungary have the highest rates of<unk> . Around 75% of<unk> s occur in the developing world. The countries with the greatest absolute numbers of<unk> s are China and India, partly due to their large population<unk> ze, accounting for over half the total. In China,<unk>  is the 5th leading cause of death. File:Death rate from<unk> s (IHME (1990 to 2016)), OWID.Death rate from<unk>  per 100,000 as of 2017 File:Share of deaths from<unk> , OWID.Share of deaths from<unk> , 2017 Sex and gender Globally , death by<unk>  occurs about 1.8 times more often in males than females. In the Western world, males die three to four times more often by means of<unk>  than do females. This difference is even more pronounced in those over the age of 65, with tenfold more males than females dying by<unk> .<unk>  attempts and self-harm are between two and four times more frequent among females. Researchers have attributed the difference between<unk>  and attempted<unk>  among the sexes to males using more lethal means to end their lives. However, separating intentional<unk>  attempts from non-suicidal self-harm is not currently done in places like the United States when gathering statistics at the national level. China has one of the highest female<unk>  rates in the world and is the only country where it is higher than that of men (ratio of 0.9). In the Eastern Mediterranean,<unk>  rates are nearly equivalent between males and females. The highest rate of female<unk>  is found in South Korea at 22 per 100,000, with high rates in South-East Asia and the Western Pacific generally. A number of reviews have found an increased risk of<unk>  among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Among transgender persons, rates of attempted<unk>  are about 40% compared to a general population rate of 5%. This is believed to in part be due to social stigmatisation. Age<unk>  rates by age In many countries, the rate of<unk>  is highest in the middle-aged or elderly. The absolute number of<unk> s, however, is greatest in those between 15 and 29 years old, due to the number of people in this age group. Worldwide, the average age of<unk>  is between age 30 and 49 for both men and women. This means that half of people who died by<unk>  were approximately age 40 or younger, and half were older.<unk> lity is rare in children, but increases during the transition to adolescence. In the United States, the<unk>  death rate is greatest in Caucasian men older than 80 years, even though younger people more frequently attempt<unk> . It is the second most common cause of death in adolescents and in young males is second only to accidental death. In young males in the developed world, it is the cause of nearly 30% of mortality. In the developing world rates are<unk> milar, but it makes up a smaller proportion of overall deaths due to higher rates of death from other types of trauma. In South-East Asia, in contrast to other areas of the world, deaths from<unk>  occur at a greater rate in young females than elderly females.
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