> we have half the suicide rate in the United States as Japan What definition for suicide does the US use? What definition for suicide does Japan use? EDIT:

> we have half the suicide rate in the United States as Japan What definition for suicide does the US use? What definition for suicide does Japan use? EDIT: and you don't have anything like half the rate. Comparing across countries is hard, but Japan has a rate of about 17 per 100,000 while the US has a rate of about 14 per 100,000.