Assumed female suicide rate vs. reality in select countries worldwide as of 2017
survey by Ipsos MORI and shows the difference between the actual percentage of deaths among women and girls 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 23 out of every 100 deaths among women aged 15 to 24 years were suicide, when in reality the number was 12.9 out of every 100.
This statistic is based on a