So that's roughly 25 people annually, I'm still not sure if that's high or not but it certainly seems worth looking in to and taking it serious. China is about 14 per 100,000 average, so you'd expect about 70 per year, if foxconn overall is 25 and there are no 'non-work related suicides' then they're better, if those 25/year are over and beyond the 'normal' suicides that's a bit more serious.
> if those 25/year are over and beyond the 'normal' suicides that's a bit more serious. if those 25/year are over and beyond the 'normal' suicides that's a bit more serious.
Some of the previous articles have been more explicit - this does refer to all suicides amongst the employee pool (i.e. not just those occurring actually at work).
Hmm, the articles today now seem to suggest that it is at the factory. Which does, possibly, cause a different slant - I'm not sure if it is just the wording or...
I can't find the article previously that indicated this was an overall rate. So you might be right.
Although it's worth considering that this "25" could be 25 of the 70 average and so the actual rate is no higher - the major problem, I guess, is that we only have the stats people want us to know...
Mixture of "stats people want us to know" and "stats you can get" I think-- in China, as in lots of countries, getting accurate statistics on home suicides is tough, because of the stigma attached to it and relative ease of reporting it as something else.
Not overall.
So that's roughly 25 people annually, I'm still not sure if that's high or not but it certainly seems worth looking in to and taking it serious. China is about 14 per 100,000 average, so you'd expect about 70 per year, if foxconn overall is 25 and there are no 'non-work related suicides' then they're better, if those 25/year are over and beyond the 'normal' suicides that's a bit more serious.