scholarly journals Contextual Effects on Male Suicide Mortality in Japan: Changes Over the Past 20 Years.

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. i94-i94
Author(s):  
M. Suka ◽  
T. Yamauchi ◽  
H. Tachimori ◽  
T. Takeshima
Keyword(s):  
Contextual Effects ◽  
Suicide Mortality ◽  
The Past ◽  
Male Suicide

scholarly journals Method-Specific Suicide Mortality Trends in Australian Men from 1978 to 2017

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. 4557
Author(s):  
Noelia Lucía Martínez-Rives ◽  
Bibha Dhungel ◽  
Pilar Martin ◽  
Stuart Gilmour
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Mortality ◽  
Mortality Data ◽  
Mortality Trends ◽  
The Past ◽  
Male Suicide ◽  
Australian Institute ◽  
National Mortality ◽  
Log Linear ◽  
Increasing Trends ◽  
Methods Of Suicide

In 2017 Australia saw the highest overall suicide rate in the past 10 years, with male suicide rates three times higher than in women. Since the mid-1980s there have been major changes in suicide epidemiology in Australia with large shifts in method of suicide among both men and women. This study examined method-specific suicide trends in Australian men over the past 40 years by state. Suicide mortality data for the period 1978 to 2017 was obtained from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) National Mortality Database and log-linear Poisson regression analysis was used to analyse suicide mortality. This study found large differences between states in patterns and trends in suicide mortality from 1978 to 2017. Hanging, gas and firearms were the most common methods of suicide in Australia. We found statistically significant increasing trends in hanging suicide among men in all six states. The study findings highlight the growing concern of hanging-related suicide in all states in Australia since the late 1970s. New suicide prevention strategies focusing on the ubiquity and ease of hanging as a method will be needed in order for Australia to reduce suicide mortality in future.

scholarly journals Suicide mortality in Greater London: changes during the past 25 years.

1977 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-177
Author(s):  
R D Farmer ◽  
T D Preston ◽  
S E O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Mortality ◽  
The Past

Male suicide mortality in eastern Finland - urban - rural changes during a 10-year period between 1988 and 1997

2001 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 189-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tuula M. Pesonen ◽  
Jukka Hintikka ◽  
Kari O. Karkola ◽  
Pirjo I. Saarinen ◽  
Marja Antikainen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Mortality ◽  
Male Suicide ◽  
Urban Rural ◽  
Eastern Finland

scholarly journals Socioeconomic inequalities in suicide in Europe: the widening gap

2018 ◽  
Vol 212 (6) ◽  
pp. 356-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Lorant ◽  
Rianne de Gelder ◽  
Dharmi Kapadia ◽  
Carme Borrell ◽  
Ramune Kalediene ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Inequalities ◽  
World Health ◽  
Mental Wellbeing ◽  
Suicide Mortality ◽  
The Past ◽  
Absolute And Relative Inequalities ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
European Populations

BackgroundSuicide has been decreasing over the past decade. However, we do not know whether socioeconomic inequality in suicide has been decreasing as well.AimsWe assessed recent trends in socioeconomic inequalities in suicide in 15 European populations.MethodThe DEMETRIQ study collected and harmonised register-based data on suicide mortality follow-up of population censuses, from 1991 and 2001, in European populations aged 35–79. Absolute and relative inequalities of suicide according to education were computed on more than 300 million person-years.ResultsIn the 1990s, people in the lowest educational group had 1.82 times more suicides than those in the highest group. In the 2000s, this ratio increased to 2.12. Among men, absolute and relative inequalities were substantial in both periods and generally did not decrease over time, whereas among women inequalities were absent in the first period and emerged in the second.ConclusionsThe World Health Organization (WHO) plan for ‘Fair opportunity of mental wellbeing’ is not likely to be met.Declaration of interestNone.

Low Income, Unemployment, and Suicide Mortality Rates for Middle-Age Persons in Japan

2005 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 337-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akiko Yamasaki ◽  
Ryoji Sakai ◽  
Taro Shirakawa
Keyword(s):  
Mortality Rate ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Elderly Women ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Suicide Mortality ◽  
Male Suicide ◽  
Bubble Economy ◽  
Oil Crisis

The relationships between age-specific suicide mortality rates and social life factors for all 47 Japanese prefectures in 1980, 1985, and 1990 were assessed by multiple regression analysis after factor analysis on 20 social life indicators. During this period, Japan experienced a secondary oil crisis in 1980–1983 and a bubble economy in 1986–1990. It was concluded that (1) low income was the major determinant which positively affected suicide mortality rate in middle-aged men during a previous 20-yr. period (1970–1990), (2) urbanization was negatively associated with male suicide mortality rates in most of the age classes in the 1980s, (3) unemployment was one of the major determinants of increased suicide mortality rate in middle-age men in the 1980s, and (4) unemployment was the major factor which was inversely associated with suicide mortality rate for elderly women from 1980 to 1990 in Japan.

scholarly journals Association Between Community Social Capital and Suicide Mortality in Rural Areas of Japan: An Evaluation of Temporal Changes

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 163-169
Author(s):  
Naomi Kozaka ◽  
Yoshiki Kuroda
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Older People ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Social Participation ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Temporal Changes ◽  
Suicide Mortality ◽  
Confounding Factors ◽  
Male Suicide ◽  
The Social

Background: Although previous studies have reported that suicide mortality was associated with social capital, the relation between social capital and suicide mortality has remained controversial. Thus, we evaluated the relation between social capital and suicide mortality in rural areas of Japan, and examined the association between temporal changes in social capital and suicide mortality over the last ten years. Methods: We examined the Standardized Mortality Ratio (SMR) for suicide for 26 municipalities of Miyazaki Prefecture and used the data to calculate the average suicide SMRs for two five-year periods: an earlier period, 2004–2008; and a later period, 2012–2016. Social capital (social cohesion and social participation of older people) was measured using information from questionnaire surveys. A multiple linear regression analysis of suicide SMR was conducted for each social capital variable, adjusting for potential confounding factors (population density, the proportion of older people, annual divorce rate, unemployment rate, and proportion of workers engaged in primary industries). Results: We demonstrated that male suicide SMR for the earlier period was significantly and positively associated with social cohesion after the adjustment of confounding factors. Temporal changes in male suicide SMRs were significantly and negatively associated with temporal changes in the social participation of older people in the adjusted model. No association was found for female suicide SMRs in either period. Conclusion: The present findings suggest that the social participation of older people might reduce suicide among males.

Trends and Monthly Variations in the Historical Record of Suicide in Japan from 1976 to 1994

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (2) ◽  
pp. 607-612 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akiko Yamasaki ◽  
Yoshihiro Kaneko ◽  
Stephan Morgenthaler ◽  
Taro Shirakawa
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Factors ◽  
Least Squares ◽  
Unemployment Rate ◽  
Suicide Rate ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
Least Squares Method ◽  
Historical Record ◽  
Suicide Mortality ◽  
Male Suicide ◽  
Monthly Variations

Monthly suicide rates in Japan were analyzed for the period from 1976 to 1994 to clarify trends and recurring effects. The data were separated by sex, and the least-squares method was used. The major findings were (1) a significant positive correlation between unemployment rate and suicide rate for both sexes, (2) the suicide rate was highest in April for both sexes, and (3) an upsurge in male suicide mortality was noted from 1983 to 1990. These findings may well be associated with socioeconomic factors as well as neurobehavioral variables.

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