Suicide mortality related to "patience caused by diseases" and that related to "difficulty in economic status and daily living" in Oita prefecture

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  • 大分県における性・年齢階級別の「病苦」自殺率および「経済・生活苦」自殺率

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According to the statistics of the National Police Agency, Japan, the most frequent reason for suicide is diseases and the difficulty in economy and daily living. Strategies for suicide prevention may differ from a reason to a reason for suicide. The purpose of the present study was to determine the target population in which the above two reasons are most frequent. The suicide mortality for the two reasons was calculated, respectively, by gender and age groups, based on the Police Statistics and the Vital Statistics in Oita prefecture. The above suicide mortalities were almost constant in the period of 2001-2006. The suicide mortality for diseases in 2006 (per one hundred thousand person-year) was 13.8 in men and 7.4 in women, being high in the elderly persons, particularly men aged 80 or above. This kind of suicide was 60% or more in the men aged 70 or above and the women aged 50 or above. It is important to take comprehensive countermeasures in community health, medicine, and welfare, for the prevention of suicide for diseases among the above sub-population. Comorbidity with depressive symptoms or alcohol problems should be taken into consideration. The suicide mortality for difficulty in economy and daily living was 12.7 in men and 1.1 in women, being high among the men aged 30-69. This kind of suicide was 50% or more in the men aged 30-49. It is important to construct social safety network including the economic help for male workers in the above sub-population.

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