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

Akifumi Eguchi; Shuhei Nomura; Stuart Gilmour; Nahoko Harada; Haruka Sakamoto; Peter Ueda; Daisuke Yoneoka; Yuta Tanoue; Takayuki Kawashima; Takehiko I. Hayashi; Yuzo Arima; Motoi Suzuki; Masahiro Hashizume

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114173

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

Akifumi Eguchi, Shuhei Nomura, Stuart Gilmour, Nahoko Harada, Haruka Sakamoto, Peter Ueda, Daisuke Yoneoka, Yuta Tanoue, Takayuki Kawashima, Takehiko I. Hayashi, Yuzo Arima, Motoi Suzuki, Masahiro Hashizume

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	114173
Journal	Psychiatry research
Volume	305
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114173
Publication status	Published - Nov 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

COVID-19
Japan
Suicide

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Psychiatry and Mental health
Biological Psychiatry

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Eguchi, A., Nomura, S., Gilmour, S., Harada, N., Sakamoto, H., Ueda, P., Yoneoka, D., Tanoue, Y., Kawashima, T., Hayashi, T. I., Arima, Y., Suzuki, M., & Hashizume, M. (2021). 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, 305, [114173]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114173

Eguchi, A, Nomura, S, Gilmour, S, Harada, N, Sakamoto, H, Ueda, P, Yoneoka, D, Tanoue, Y, Kawashima, T, Hayashi, TI, Arima, Y, Suzuki, M & Hashizume, M 2021, '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, vol. 305, 114173. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114173

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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

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