From World Health Organization, 1999 for "selected rural & urban areas", the suicide rate is 13.0 (male) 14.8 (female) suicide per 100,000. Wolfram Alpha shows 20.9 suicide per 100,000 persons per year. Both looks pretti high compared to other countries. http://www.who.int/mental_health/prevention/suicide/suicider... http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=china+suicide+rate