Department of Sustainable Health Science, Center for Preventive Medical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan; Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan; Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Psychiatry Res. 2021 Nov;305:114173. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114173. Epub 2021 Aug 21.
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.
利用日本厚生劳动省的日常生命统计数据,我们按性别提供了 2020 年 1 月至 11 月日本 COVID-19 大流行期间每周和年龄组特定的额外自杀负担的首份估计数。我们的研究结果表明,与前五年相比,2020 年日本所有年龄段的女性和 20-29 岁和 80 岁以上的男性的自杀案例从 7 月下旬到 11 月有所增加。根据年龄和性别进行有针对性的干预可能会更有效地减少日本 COVID-19 大流行期间的自杀。