A sculpture by artist Choi Jin-Ah, featuring U.S. President Barack Obama and the late leader of North Korea Kim Jong-Il, is displayed at the Asian Students and Young Artists Art Festival (ASYAAF), a students' summer art exhibition, at the old Seoul Station building in central Seoul August 2, 2012. (Reuters Pictures)
| Year | Death Count | Relative to Prev Year | Relative to 2009 |
| 2019 | 1,530 |  31% |  21% |
| 2018 | 2,209 | 57% | 75% |
| 2017 | 5,163 | 47% | 310% |
| 2016 | 9,734 | 51% | 673% |
| 2015 | 6,437 | 24% | 411% |
| 2014 | 8,450 | 28% | 571% |
| 2013 | 6,625 | 95% | 426% |
| 2012 | 3,402 | 67% | 141% |
| 2011 | 2,042 | 53% | 62% |
| 2010 | 1,339 | 6% | 6% |
| 2009 | 1,260 | N/A | N/A |
