The government data released by South Korea has made a shocking disclosure. According to government data, more than 7 thousand people committed suicide in the first half of this year. Statistics, according to Korea’s data, a total of 7,067 people committed suicide between January and June, which is slightly less than the 7,844 number last year, but is equal to 7,142 people in the first half of 2023.

In these figures, people over 50 years of age have the highest 22.4 percent share. This is followed by 40 years (19 percent), 60 years (15.1 percent), 30 years (13.5 percent) and 70 years (9.8 percent) people. The rest of the number is from other age groups.

Need for public health intervention

Experts say that suicides should not only be seen as a personal problem, but also as a broad social and structural problem and requires public health intervention.

In an article recently published in the International Social Security Review of Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHAASA), researcher Choi Min-J, Korea University Graduate School of Public Health Researcher Choi Minj, said that the government should move beyond the interventions targeted for high-risk groups and include selective and universal measures addressing risks in general population.

Birth rate increased in South Korea

He also urged the establishment of a comprehensive control center to assess how fiscal, labor, and other policies can affect suicides and where such risks are identified, all measures can be implemented correctly.

South Korea currently has the highest suicidal rate in South Korea, which was 26.2 per 100,000 people per 100,000 people, which is more than 10.8 of the OECD average of 10.8. Earlier this week, government data showed that the number of children born in South Korea in July increased by about 6 percent compared to the previous year. One reason for this is an increase in weddings.

Between January and July, so many children were born

According to statistics Korea’s data, a total of 21,803 children were born in July, which is 5.9 percent more than the birth of 20,580 children last year. This is a record of annual growth for the 13th consecutive month, but the fourth lowest figure of July since the government recorded records in 1981.

A total of 147,804 children were born between January and July. This figure shows an increase of 7.2 percent as compared to the same period last year, which is the highest growth rate since 1981. This was the first time since 2015, when an annual increase in the number of newborns was recorded during the January-July time. The average number of children expected in her lifetime, ie a woman’s total fertility rate, ie a year ago, increased by 0.04 in July to 0.8.

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The population in the world is constantly increasing. Many countries are troubled by rapidly growing population, while in some countries the declining birth rate remains a problem. Actually, to keep a balance between the population and youth of any country, it is necessary that the birth rate should be 2.1 percent. Meaning that a woman produces at least two children, then there will be a balance in the population of any country and she will not grow very fast. This is not happening in many countries, so the governments there are worried about the declining population. The population of the elderly is increasing rapidly there, while the infant and the youth are less. In such a situation, questions are also being raised on the existence of those countries. Let us know about the country where the least children are being born.

The lowest population in which country

There are many countries in the world, where fewer children are being born and for there it is a matter of concern. The name of this country is South Korea, which is struggling with the population of growing elderly. The reason for this is the decreasing birth rate here. Here is the lowest birth rate in the world, which is at 0.72. While this rate was 0.78 in the year 2022, it has reduced so much in three years. It is estimated that this birth rate may still decrease from it and can reach 0.65. This is the situation of the entire South Korea, while the situation of Seoul, the capital here, is worse. Here the birth rate is only 0.55 percent.

What is the reason for low children being born

The biggest reason behind the declining birth rate in South Korea is that the youth here are running away from the wedding. Their interest in marriage is ending and they do not want to be tied in any relationship. While the South Korea government is making every effort to increase the birth rate. The government there is also providing government help to the youth to marry and have children, but still no improvement in birth rate has been seen. Apart from this, countries like China and Japan are also now facing a decreasing population.

Population declining in China

China used to have the most population in the world at one time, but now it has not been so. Given the increasing population in China, there has been a law to produce only one child for many decades, that is why the number of elderly people is increasing here. In the year 2023, the birth rate reached 1.26 here. Similarly, from 2005, the population in Japan started decreasing.

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