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Worst year 2010 with 14 suicides @ Foxconn when they had almost 1 million employees, around 1.4 per 100,000. China's suicide rate is around 7.8 per 100k. The

by kondro 10y ago

Worst year 2010 with 14 suicides @ Foxconn when they had almost 1 million employees, around 1.4 per 100,000. China's suicide rate is around 7.8 per 100k. The rate in Japan is 18.5 per 100k, Australia 15.3, USA 12.1 and UK is 6.2 (WHO's 2012 numbers).

ben_jones 10y ago
I wonder if that's employees who commit suicide while at work and if it accounts for Foxconn employees who commit suicide outside of work.
- nitrogen 10y ago
  Don't they have dorms for the employees, so there's not really a lot of time spent "outside" of work?