Effects of socioeconomic factors on secular trends in suicide in Japan, 1953–86

Motohashi, Yutaka

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“…Motohashi's study revealed that unemployment rate related closely to suicide mortality in both genders during 1953-72, while divorce rate and proportion in tertiary industry influenced on suicide during 1973-86 (Motohashi, 1991). The transition of industrial structure in Japan from an industrial to a service economic one could explain this kind of difference (Motohashi, 1991).…”

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“…The transition of industrial structure in Japan from an industrial to a service economic one could explain this kind of difference (Motohashi, 1991). However, during the late 1990s and early 2000s when the Asian financial crisis broke out, unemployment and personal bankrupt rate were positively associated with Japanese male suicide (Watanabe et al, 2006).…”

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Gender differences of suicide in Japan, 1947–2010

Liu

Zhang

Cho

et al. 2013

Journal of Affective Disorders

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Gender differences of suicide in Japan, 1947–2010

Liu

Zhang

Cho

et al. 2013

Journal of Affective Disorders

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“…While the national unemployment rate exceeded 4.0 percent in 1998-2000, the rate had been below 2.0 percent in 1970-1975.7 Motohashi reported that the changes in socioeconomic structure influenced the epidemiological characteristics of suicide rates. 15 We suspect that the effects of savings on suicide might vary, depending on the economic background.…”

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An Ecological Study of the Relations between the Recent High Suicide Rates and Economic and Demographic Factors in Japan.

Aihara

Iki

2003

Journal of Epidemiology

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The male suicide mortality in Japan reached the highest in 1998, since statistics were first recorded in 1899. We investigated whether the recent high suicide rates were associated with economic and demographic factors, using the Pearson's correlation and multivariate regression analyses. The annual numbers of suicide deaths, economic variables, and the proportion of elderly people between 1995 and 2000 were obtained for all the 47 prefectures in Japan. The correlation analyses showed that the male SMR of suicide was mostly associated with the economic variables and the proportion of the elderly men. The female SMR of suicide was associated with the job application rate, and the proportion of elderly women in several years. The multivariate regression analyses showed that the male SMR of suicide was mostly associated positively with the job application rate and the proportion of elderly men and negatively with the amount of household savings and public assistance rate. The largest proportion of the variance of the male SMR of suicide was explained by the set of independent variables in 1998. The goodness-of-fit of the model concerning the female SMR of suicide was poor. J Epidemiol 2003;13:56-61.

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“…The nine social life indicators were selected as they were available every year for a long period after the Second World War, and they were assumed to affect suicide mortality directly or to be possible confounding factors by careful examination of previous literatures 1, [4][5][6][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49] .…”

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Suicide Mortality of Young, Middle-aged and Elderly Males and Females in Japan for the Years 1953-96: Time Series Analysis for the Effects of Unemployment, Female Labour Force, Young and Aged Population, Primary Industry and Population Density

Yamasaki

Araki

Sakai³

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Ind Health

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Effects of nine social life indicators on age-adjusted and age-specific annual suicide mortality of male and female Japanese population in the years 1953-96 were investigated by multiple regression analysis on time series data. Unemployment rate was significantly related to the age-adjusted mortality in both males and females. Also, female labour force participation was positively related to the male mortality; persons and 65 and above was inversely related to the male mortality. Results on the age-specific mortality indicated that: during the 44 yr, (1) unemployment significantly related with the mortality of young, middle-aged and elderly males and young females; (2) female labour force participation significantly related with the mortality of young and elderly males and young females; aged population significantly related with the mortality of middle-aged and elderly males; (4) young population significantly related with the mortality of young and middle-aged males and females; (5) divorce significantly related with the mortality of middle-aged and elderly males and young males and females; (6) persons employed in primary industries significantly related with the mortality in middle-aged males and young males and females; and (7) population density significantly related with the mortality of middle-aged males and young females.

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Effects of socioeconomic factors on secular trends in suicide in Japan, 1953–86

Cited by 41 publications

References 10 publications

Gender differences of suicide in Japan, 1947–2010

Gender differences of suicide in Japan, 1947–2010

An Ecological Study of the Relations between the Recent High Suicide Rates and Economic and Demographic Factors in Japan.

Suicide Mortality of Young, Middle-aged and Elderly Males and Females in Japan for the Years 1953-96: Time Series Analysis for the Effects of Unemployment, Female Labour Force, Young and Aged Population, Primary Industry and Population Density

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