Suicide by gender and 10-year age groups during the COVID-19 pandemic vs previous five years in Japan: An analysis of national vital statistics

PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

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Eguchi, Akifumi^1,2,3  Nomura, Shuhei^2,3  Gilmour, Stuart⁴  Harada, Nahoko⁵  Sakamoto, Haruka^2,3  Ueda, Peter^3,6  Yoneoka, Daisuke⁴  Tanoue, Yuta⁷  Kawashima, Takayuki⁸  Hayashi, Takehiko I.⁹  Arima, Yuzo¹⁰  Suzuki, Motoi¹⁰  Hashizume, Masahiro³ 

[1] Chiba Univ, Dept Sustainable Hlth Sci, Ctr Prevent Med Sci, Chiba, Japan

[2] Keio Univ, Sch Med, Dept Hlth Policy & Management, Tokyo, Japan

[3] Univ Tokyo, Grad Sch Med, Dept Global Hlth Policy, Tokyo, Japan

[4] St Lukes Int Univ, Grad Sch Publ Hlth, Tokyo, Japan

[5] Univ Miyazaki, Dept Mental Hlth & Psychiat Nursing, Sch Nursing, Fac Med, Miyazaki, Japan

[6] Karolinska Inst, Div Clin Epidemiol, Dept Med, Stockholm, Sweden

[7] Waseda Univ, Inst Business & Finance, Tokyo, Japan

[8] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Math & Comp Sci, Tokyo, Japan

[9] Natl Inst Environm Studies, Div Social & Syst Res, Ibaraki, Japan

[10] Natl Inst Infect Dis, Ctr Surveillance Immunizat & Epidemiol Res, Tokyo, Japan

关键词: Japan;    COVID-19;    Suicide;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114173

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

Using daily vital statistics data from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, we provide the first weekly and age-group-specific estimates of the additional suicide burden during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan by gender, from January through November 2020. Our results indicate that compared with the previous five years, suicide cases in 2020 in Japan have increased from late July to November for women in all age groups and for men in the 20-29 and 80+ years age group. Targeted interventions based on age and gender might be more effective in reducing suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.

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