Increased suicide mortality in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Psychiatry Res
; 309: 114422, 2022 03.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1655050
ABSTRACT
Socioeconomic stagnation and social isolation due to the spread of novel coronavirus disease 2019 might have contributed to the increase in suicide mortality in 2020. Using Joinpoint regression analysis, we estimated the expected suicide mortality in 2020 based on suicide mortality from 2011 to 2019, and compared results to the actual suicide mortality in Japan. We found that actual suicide mortality was significantly higher than the expected mortality among both men (excess mortality rate 107.0%) and women (120.1%). This higher excess suicide mortality rate was particularly notable in women aged in their 20 s (154.0%) and 30s-40 s (130.7%).
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International databases
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Suicide
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Psychiatry Res
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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